Synonyms of condemn
79 similar words · 12 opposite words
Another word for condemn is damn. Other synonyms of condemn are blame, sentence, rebuke, censure and reproach. The opposite of condemn is acquit.
Synonyms and similar words for condemn
verbTo strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate.
- admonishTo inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off.
- objurgate
- upbraidTo criticize severely.
- animadvert
- bash
- bawl out
- tilt
- cannonadeTo discharge artillery fire upon.
- slash
- lash
- blameTo censure (someone or something); to criticize.
- scorch informal
- blastTo criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish.
- berateTo chide or scold vehemently.
- castigateTo punish or reprimand someone severely.
- censureTo criticize harshly.
- charge
- chastiseTo castigate; to scold or censure.
- chew outTo lecture, scold, reprimand, or rebuke, especially in an angry tone of voice.
- chide
- criticize
- denounceTo criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension, etc.; to openly...
- denunciateTo condemn openly.
- deprecateTo express disapproval of, protest or plead against.
- derogate
- dispraiseTo notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage, to criticize.
- drag slangTo roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
- dress down
- eat someone alive
- excoriateTo strongly condemn or criticize.
- find faultTo criticize something excessively.
- fulminateTo make a verbal attack.
- get at
- get downTo criticise; to be strict towards.
- get up Australia
- give somebody a piece of one's mind
- give somebody what-for
- inveigh
- lace into
- lambasteTo scold, reprimand or criticize harshly.
- lay into
- lecture
- light intoTo set upon or attack.
- pooh-poohTo dismiss idly with contempt or derision; to diminish.
- put someone on blast slangTo embarrass by publicly denouncing or exposing, especially by using social media.
- rate
- read somebody the riot act
- rebukeTo criticise harshly; to reprove.
- reprehendTo criticize, to reprove.
- reprimandTo reprove in a formal or official way.
- reproachTo criticize or rebuke (someone).
- reproveTo express disapproval.
- rip into
- rubbish Australia
- savage
- scold
- skewer figuratively
- slamTo speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
- slateTo criticize or critique (an author or a work) harshly; to castigate.
- tear intoTo subject to a heavy attack, physical or figurative.
- tell off
- threap
- tick offTo reprimand.
- tosh
- keelhaul
- vilifyTo belittle through speech; to put down.
- vituperateTo criticize (someone or something) in an abusive or harsh manner.
- berisp obsoleteTo censure; reprove.
verbTo judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
- convict
- damnTo condemn.
- sentenceTo declare a sentence on a convicted person; to condemn to punishment.
- adjudgeTo sentence; to condemn.
- doomTo pronounce judgment or sentence on; to condemn.
- deem obsoleteTo judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.
- judge obsoleteTo sentence to punishment, to judicially condemn.
verbTo destine to experience bad circumstances; to doom.
- curse
- fateTo foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable.
- foreordainTo predestine or preordain.
- preordainTo determine the fate of something in advance.
Opposite of condemn
verbTo judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
- acquitTo declare or find innocent or not guilty.
- clear
- vindicate
- assoilzie Scotland
- absolve
- disculpateTo free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exonerate.
- exculpateTo clear of or to free from guilt; exonerate.
- exonerate
- acquittance obsoleteTo acquit.
- assoil archaic
- disculp rareTo disculpate.
verbTo confer eternal divine punishment upon.
Meaning of condemn
- verb To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate.
- verb To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
- verb To judicially announce a verdict upon a finding of guilt; To sentence.
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Questions about synonyms of condemn
- What is another word for condemn?
- Condemn has 79 synonyms on Word.ws, such as damn, blame, sentence, rebuke, censure, reproach, doom and denounce.
- What is the opposite of condemn?
- The opposite of condemn is acquit. Other antonyms of condemn are exculpate.
- What does condemn mean?
- Condemn means to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate.
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