condemnable

adjective

Definition of condemnablenext
as in abhorrent

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Recent Examples of condemnable By near any measure, the quarters were condemnable. — Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for condemnable
  1. abhorrent
  2. abominable
  3. detestable
  4. hateful
  5. loathsome
  6. odious
  7. deplorable
  8. despicable
Adjective
  • The theft of taxpayer dollars intended to help the American people is abhorrent and must be stopped.
    — WCCO Staff, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The allegations in this indictment are abhorrent and represent a profound betrayal of that trust.
    — Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of abhorrent
Adjective
  • No sooner had the Chiefs’ abominable 2025 season (6-11) come to an end, team president Mark Donovan said last month, than the organization pivoted to 2026.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
  • That led to cycles of reform and renovation, as well as backlash, chiefly from cultural conservatives, who saw the adoption of western European habits and attitudes as abominable and even heretical.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of abominable
Adjective
  • Soon after he was elected, the Half Moon Bay shooting occurred in January 2023, killing eight farmworkers and exposing detestable housing conditions for the county’s immigrant farmworkers.
    — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
  • No matter how detestable the overthrown governments may be, precedents show that regime changes lead neither to democracy nor to peace, but to chaos, civil war and dictatorship.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2026
Definition of detestable
Adjective
  • HinduPACT urged Hindus to remain vigilant and report any suspicious or hateful activity to local law enforcement.
    — Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Voters vehemently rebuked, with some important exceptions, Trump’s hateful policymaking, with Democrats taking both the house and the senate.
    — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of hateful
Adjective
  • To say that the vast majority of his views are loathsome to me is an understatement.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Given French’s loathsome history, Abbott and others in the party establishment worked hard to keep him from winning the Republican nomination, Rice noted.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of loathsome
Adjective
  • More than 32 years since the end of the odious apartheid regime, race remains a defining feature of South African politics.
    — Keith B. Richburg, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026
  • With this logic, the deepfake meme operates as a soft launch to more odious uses of the technology.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of odious
Adjective
  • In some versions, she’s described as a morally deplorable witch taking part in the abuse of runaway slaves who was ultimately burned for her misdeeds and buried near the cemetery.
    — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
  • That work, her work, shined a light on the deplorable conditions experienced by the workers harvesting our food in California.
    — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of deplorable
Adjective
  • Whatever the explanation, Boot says a willingness to do the bidding of a murderous despot is despicable and dangerous.
    — Tom Jurkowsky, Baltimore Sun, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The fact anyone felt police were needed, or that Nevada couldn’t continue to play in the league, is despicable.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of despicable

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“Condemnable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/condemnable. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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