Entry Word: condemn

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to declare to be morally wrong or evil <it is a sign of human progress that slavery, which was once common, is now universally condemned>

Synonyms censure, damn, decry, denounce, execrate, reprehend, reprobate

Related Words attack, blast, criticize, knock, pan, slam; belittle, deprecate, disparage; doom, sentence; convict; blacklist, excommunicate, ostracize; rebuke, reprimand, reproach; admonish, chide, reprove; berate, lambaste (or lambast), scold, upbraid; curse, imprecate; abhor, abominate, detest, hate, loathe, revile

Near Antonyms approve, endorse (also indorse), sanction; eulogize, exalt, extol (also extoll), glorify, laud, praise; acclaim, applaud, commend, hail; consecrate, hallow, sanctify; honor, revere, venerate

Antonyms bless

2 to express oneʼs unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of <a report that condemns the working conditions in the factories of many developing countries> — see criticize
3 to express public or formal disapproval of <the philosopherʼs works were once condemned by the church and placed on its list of forbidden books> — see censure 1
4 to find or pronounce guilty <he was condemned by the news media even before the trial began> — see convict
5 to impose a judicial punishment on <a stern judge who does not hesitate to condemn a prisoner to life behind bars> — see sentence