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condemned

/kənˈdɛmd/

condemned adjective: having received a curse to be doomed to suffer eternally. Also the simple past and past participle of condemn.

Adjective

condemned (not comparable)

  1. Having received a curse to be doomed to suffer eternally.
    Antonyms:
    blessed, saved
  2. Having been sharply scolded.
    • Kim Jong-il, who has died aged 69, was the general secretary of the Workers party of Korea, and head of the military in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). He was one of the most reclusive and widely condemned national leaders of the late 20th and early 21st century, leaving his...2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in The Guardian
  3. Adjudged or sentenced to punishment, destruction, or confiscation.
    • I have written 'was' because it seems that Great British Railways, which has already survived a near-death experience when Harper took over as Transport Secretary in the autumn, may well be back in the condemned cell.2023 May 31, Christian Wolmar, “TPE taken back in-house... but don't expect major changes”, in RAIL, number 984, page 48
  4. Officially marked uninhabitable.
    • And she also faces the risk and the probability that her home will be condemned2012 January 16, Mary/Annie (Hoarders), season 5, episode 3, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2022

Noun

condemned (plural condemned)

  1. A person sentenced to death.

Also used as

condemned is also the simple past and past participle of condemn.

condemned meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

condemned in Hindi

having been sharply scolded
तिरस्कृत tiraskŕt

condemned in Tamil

கண்டனம் செய்யப்பட்டது, கண்டனம் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டது

condemned in Marathi

निंदा केली

condemned in Urdu

مذمت کی
More languagesFewer languages
condemned in Bengali
নিন্দা করা হয়েছে, নিন্দিত
condemned in Malayalam
അപലപിക്കപ്പെട്ടു, അപലപിച്ചു
condemned in Kannada
ಖಂಡಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ, ಖಂಡಿಸಿದರು
condemned in Punjabi
ਨਿੰਦਾ ਕੀਤੀ ਗਈ, ਨਿੰਦਾ ਕੀਤੀ
condemned in Gujarati
નિંદા કરવામાં આવી
condemned in Nepali
निन्दा गरियो
condemned in Arabic
محكوم

Examples of condemned in a sentence

  • The house was condemned after it was badly damaged by fire.
  • The destruction of the condemned building will take place at noon.
  • The use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations.

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Synonyms of condemned

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Antonyms

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Forms of condemned

pluralcondemned

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Questions about condemned

What does condemned mean?
Condemned means having received a curse to be doomed to suffer eternally.
What is condemned in Hindi?
Condemned in Hindi is तिरस्कृत (tiraskŕt). See Condemned meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is condemned?
Condemned can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce condemned?
Condemned is pronounced /kənˈdɛmd/.

Words near condemned in the dictionary

  1. condemnating
  2. condemnation
  3. condemnations
  4. condemnatorily
  5. condemnatory
  6. condemned
  7. condemned to
  8. condemnee
  9. condemnees
  10. condemner
  11. condemners

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Adapted from Wiktionary: condemned (page history and authors); condemned (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); condemned (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); condemned (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); condemned (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); condemned (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); condemned (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); condemned (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); condemned (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); condemned (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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