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Recent Examples of Synonyms for condemnable
Adjective
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Many consider the prospect abhorrent, unthinkable, even.—
Hussein Agha,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025 -
There is no fan base in hockey more frustrated than Buffalo’s, and rightfully so given the franchise’s abhorrent streak of futility.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Batemen gets a few moving monologues, but Vince’s heavier dose of morbid witticisms aren’t enough to overcome his pervasive selfishness and abominable behavior (nor is a late-arriving revelation about his past).—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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The murder of 1,200 people, including 36 children, in a surprise attack by a terrorist group was an abominable crime.—
Alia Brahimi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025
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But the context, circumstances and lack of reflection made his this detestable being.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
25 Aug. 2025
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As stated earlier, there may not be anything more detestable to the Commanders' faithful than former Cowboys.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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Jack Osbourne has zero tolerance for hateful comments towards his late father, Ozzy Osbourne.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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YouTube videos posted from an account linked to Westman show a cache of weapons with racist, homophobic, antisemitic and hateful language against Muslims and other minority groups.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Maxwell comes off as both pathetic and loathsome.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
30 Aug. 2025
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And Trump’s targeting of college campuses for being havens of antisemitism has caused a backlash from liberals who might despise that strain of hatred, but find Trump equally as loathsome.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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But no matter how unfettered or odious a character’s choices may be, when the writing is good, there’s an intentionality behind it.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
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Even the sweet, saintly Jimmy Carter, who cancelled a number of the agency’s more odious operations, signed a covert-action order to send weapons to resistance groups after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.—
Keith Gessen,
New Yorker,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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The charges come after officials described deplorable living conditions in the home, news outlets reported.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
8 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, the onset of the rainy season has exacerbated already deplorable conditions, transforming dust into thick sludge, flooding fragile shelters, and bringing swarms of malaria-carrying mosquitoes.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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Foster, who was so good as Henry Haft in another brutal boxing story The Survivor, here is on the other side playing a despicable man who fortunately now in real life is in prison.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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But between the individual Smurfs, the deliciously despicable Gargamel, and his equally evil cat Azrael, the series kept the kids coming back for nine seasons, creating enough fond memories to turn the Smurfs into a film franchise three decades later.—
Will Harris,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Condemnable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/condemnable. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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