| condemn | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. condemn, decry, excoriate, objurgate, reprobate | express strong disapproval of.; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" |
| ~ denounce | speak out against.; "He denounced the Nazis" |
| v. (communication) | 2. condemn | declare or judge unfit for use or habitation.; "The building was condemned by the inspector" |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
| ~ boo, hiss | show displeasure, as after a performance or speech. |
| ~ explode | drive from the stage by noisy disapproval. |
| ~ declare | state emphatically and authoritatively.; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with" |
| v. (social) | 3. condemn | compel or force into a particular state or activity.; "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence" |
| ~ compel, obligate, oblige | force somebody to do something.; "We compel all students to fill out this form" |
| v. (perception) | 4. condemn | demonstrate the guilt of (someone).; "Her strange behavior condemned her" |
| ~ attest, certify, evidence, manifest, demonstrate | provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes.; "His high fever attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness" |
| ~ attaint | condemn by attainder.; "the man was attainted" |
| v. (communication) | 5. condemn, doom, sentence | pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law.; "He was condemned to ten years in prison" |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ convict | find or declare guilty.; "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced" |
| ~ foredoom | doom beforehand. |
| ~ declare | state emphatically and authoritatively.; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with" |
| ~ reprobate | abandon to eternal damnation.; "God reprobated the unrepenting sinner" |
| v. (possession) | 6. condemn | appropriate (property) for public use.; "the county condemned the land to build a highway" |
| ~ confiscate, impound, sequester, seize, attach | take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority.; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork" |
| damned | | |
| n. (group) | 1. damned | people who are condemned to eternal punishment.; "he felt he had visited the realm of the damned" |
| ~ people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively.; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" |
| adj. | 2. blame, blamed, blasted, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal | expletives used informally as intensifiers.; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance" |
| ~ cursed, curst | deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier.; "villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed"; "cursed with four daughter"; "not a cursed drop"; "his cursed stupidity"; "I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning" |
| adj. | 3. cursed, damned, doomed, unredeemed, unsaved | in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell.; "poor damned souls" |
| ~ christian religion, christianity | a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior. |
| ~ lost | spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed.; "lost souls"; "a lost generation"; "a lost ship"; "the lost platoon" |
| adv. | 4. cursedly, damnably, damned | in a damnable manner.; "kindly Arthur--so damnably , politely , endlessly persistent!" |
| doomed | | |
| n. (group) | 1. doomed, lost | people who are destined to die soon.; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice" |
| ~ people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively.; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" |
| adj. | 2. doomed | marked for certain death.; "the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed" |
| ~ dead | no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin" |
| adj. | 3. doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky | marked by or promising bad fortune.; "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons" |
| ~ unfortunate | not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune.; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned" |
| adj. | 4. doomed, fated | (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate.; "doomed to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination" |
| ~ sure, certain | certain to occur; destined or inevitable.; "he was certain to fail"; "his fate is certain"; "In this life nothing is certain but death and taxes"; "he faced certain death"; "sudden but sure regret"; "he is sure to win" |
| lifer | | |
| n. (person) | 1. lifer | a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment. |
| ~ convict, con, yard bird, yardbird, inmate | a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison. |
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