condemned

con-demned · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Sentenced to death or severe punishment.

  2. 2.

    Past tense and past participle of "condemn."

  3. 3.

    Declared unfit for use (of a building).

  4. 4.

    Doomed to a particular fate.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    condemned cell — a cell for prisoners awaiting execution
  • •
    condemned man/woman — a person sentenced to death

Related words

Antonyms: acquitted, approved, praised
See also: condemn, doomed, sentenced
Synonyms: denounced, doomed, sentenced

Etymology

From Latin "condemnare" meaning to sentence, from "con-" (intensive) and "damnare" (to condemn).