CONDEMNED Synonyms: 305 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

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as in prohibited

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verb

past tense of condemn

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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At the time, the league said there were no immediate eligibility matters affecting the WNBA and condemned attempts to use the subject to demean or marginalize others. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026 The term has since become a shorthand for antisemitic depictions of greed and has been condemned for elevating offensive stereotypes about Jewish people. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026 Mélenchon, leader of the France Unbowed party, has denounced police tactics against high-school students — in one incident a 15-year-old student had his hand torn off by a police grenade — but has condemned protester violence. — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 El Salvador’s representative to the United Nations condemned the attack, detailing the ambush for members of the Security Council. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026 Rights groups have condemned the deportations, saying returnees – particularly the Rohingya, a Muslim minority group that accounts for most of Malaysia’s refugees – will face violence, persecution, and forced conscription. — Lindsey McGinnis, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2026 Alexandre Bompard, chief executive of Carrefour and president of the Federation of Commerce and Retail (FCD), condemned the violence. — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 18 Oct. 2026 Intermarché condemned the food waste and financial losses resulting from the attack, without providing figures. — CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026 Several New York City officials, including Mayor Zohran Mamdani, condemned ICE's actions and called on the federal government to remove them from the city. — ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for condemned

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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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Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray said in a statement the paper was relieved that Levine received medical care and is safe, but denounced the violence against her.

— Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026
Press freedom groups and opposition parties, however, denounced the move against Halk TV, calling it yet another step by the government to silence opposition voices.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of denounced

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Bill Essayli, the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, criticized the state's election officials for not cooperating with the department's demands.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
Some Democrats have criticized national groups for not spending more in Southern states like Mississippi.

— Joey Cappelletti, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of criticized

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The Denver school board censured director Monica Hunter on Thursday night, the third time in five years that the governing body of Colorado’s largest K-12 district has publicly reprimanded a colleague.

— Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026
Rather than being censured for the debacle, however, Li was elevated by Xi to the top ranks of the Politburo Standing Committee in 2022 and made state premier in 2023.

— Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of censured

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Defense lawyer Lawrence Obonyo, who represents Mackenzie and almost all of the others convicted, said he had been instructed to appeal.

— Jefferson Kahinju Reuters, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
In 2023, the Supreme Court barred party leader Aryeh Deri, who was convicted of tax offenses, from holding a Cabinet position.

— Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of convicted

Verb

And while some of the allegations were never proved, he was convicted of perjury and perverting the course of justice and sentenced to four years in jail.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 17 Oct. 2026
Kevin Alexander Carlson, 30, was sentenced in March 2025 to 11 years in state prison after pleading no contest to felony arson for setting blaze.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 16 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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At least $343,100 is to be spent on surveillance after the president falsely blamed vandals for damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

— Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
Many senior Democrats blamed her, along with the rest of the family and his close aides, for hiding his condition.

— Azadeh Moaveni, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026

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