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adjective

Definition of condemnednext
as in prohibited

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verb

past tense of condemn
1
as in denounced
to declare to be morally wrong or evil it is a sign of human progress that slavery, which was once legal in many places, is now universally condemned

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as in criticized
to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of a report that condemns the working conditions in the factories of many developing countries

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as in censured
to express public or formal disapproval of the philosopher's works were once condemned by the church and placed on its list of forbidden books

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as in convicted
to find or pronounce guilty the accused was condemned by the news media even before the trial began

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as in sentenced
to impose a judicial punishment on a stern judge who does not hesitate to condemn a felon to life behind bars

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Recent Examples of condemned
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Stevens condemned the ad as antisemitic and demanded that El-Sayed disavow it. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026 Qatar's foreign ministry condemned the attack and said authorities were investigating. — Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026 Israeli officials publicly condemned the film, while Sallam and others involved with it faced harassment and online abuse. — Essie Assibu, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026 Stevens and el Sayed’s dispute largely centered on an advertisement that Jewish leaders have condemned as antisemitic. — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 1 Nov. 2026 Within days, civic leaders, faith leaders and businesses across Central Florida had publicly condemned the display. — Linda Chapin, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2026 Both of Michigan’s Democratic senators, Gary Peters, whose retirement left an open seat, and Elissa Slotkin, condemned Stevens’s endorsement. — Erin Cox, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2026 Some people condemned the work for outing Foucault as a fellow AIDS sufferer. — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2026 One story involves an innocent coal miner, condemned to death in 1877, who left a handprint in his cell at the Carbon County Jail that no amount of sanding or paint has been able to erase. — Marcus Librizzi, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for condemned
  1. forbidden
  2. denounced
  3. criticized
  4. censured
  5. convicted
  6. sentenced
  7. outlawed
  8. blamed
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  • Their alternating stories portray a Europe that exploits gifted children, while rigid class and gender expectations leave both protagonists struggling to pursue forbidden ambitions.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • As a forbidden attraction grows between the two men, tragedy unleashes supernatural forces upon their deeply religious community.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of forbidden
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  • That threat from the hyperbolic president, denounced by legal scholars, has nonetheless gained credence in recent days, as federal prosecutors have issued their grand jury subpoenas to election officials.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Soon after stepping in, Bishop tried to subpoena personal information for thousands of Fulton County poll workers, a move the county and election experts denounced as politically motivated intimidation.
    — Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of denounced
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  • Thompson has criticized the self-funding, while Jones has fired back by pointing at the incumbent’s history of accepting corporate donations.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Sand criticized Iowa's education savings account, or voucher, program, which uses public money to help families pay private school tuition.
    — Sheila Brummer, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of criticized
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  • Another member was censured for his interactions with two female aides on his staff.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • But Raman had previously accepted the endorsement of a local pro-Israeli advocacy group, after which the chapter formally censured her.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of censured
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  • Moore was convicted in 2013 in an unrelated incident of inappropriately touching a 16-year-old boy.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Cunha was convicted of arson in 2016 after pleading guilty to setting at least 30 fires in rural areas east of Sacramento during 2006 and 2007, causing $7 million in damage, The Sacramento Bee reported at the time.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of convicted
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  • Holmes was convicted on four counts and sentenced to 11 years in prison.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Liannys Yaiselys Vega-Perez, 27, who managed the immigration services business and admitted personally filing hundreds of fraudulent asylum applications, was sentenced to four years in prison.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of sentenced
Adjective
  • It’s been nearly a decade since California voters legalized recreational cannabis, but production and sales remain outlawed in most of the state — and the black market dominates.
    — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • King Henry’s laws adamantly forbade chattel slavery, outlawed colonialism, and created an economically robust, financially solvent Black state, one not dependent on the transatlantic slave trade.
    — Marlene L. Daut September 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Definition of outlawed
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  • Rodolfo Friedmann, a party vice president, called for Peña's expulsion, while Senate President Basilio Núñez defended the president and blamed the central bank instead.
    — EMILIO SANABRIA, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Lawson said Amendment 3 outperformed a nationwide shift to the left, and blamed the loss on out-of-state donors contributing to the opposition.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 Nov. 2026
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