express disapproval
1 [VN] ~ sb/sth (for / as sth) to express very strong disapproval of sb/sth, usually for moral reasons:
The government issued a statement condemning the killings. * The editor of the newspaper was condemned as lacking integrity.
sb to punishment
2 [usuallypassive] ~ sb (to sth) to say what sb's punishment will be
SYNSENTENCE:
[VN] He was condemned to death for murder and later hanged. * [VNtoinf] She was condemned to hang for killing her husband.
sb to difficult situation
3 [VN] [usuallypassive] ~ sb to sth to force sb to accept a difficult or unpleasant situation
SYNDOOM:
They were condemned to a life of hardship. * He was condemned to spend the rest of the football season on the bench.
sth dangerous
4 [VN] [usuallypassive] ~ sth (as sth) to say officially that sth is not safe enough to be used:
a condemned building * The meat was condemned as unfit to eat.
show guilt
5 [VN] to show or suggest that sb is guilty of sth:
She is condemned out of her own mouth (= her own words show her guilt).
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for condemn is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is condemn a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, condemn is tagged as verb.
Does condemn appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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