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condemned

adj · noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /kənˈdɛmd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛmd
  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N D EH1 M D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having received a curse to be doomed to suffer eternally.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: damned, doomed, fey, accursed, condemned, cursed, sunk, cussed, dead meat, done, finished, ill-fated, lost, sentenced, undone

Antonyms: blessed, saved

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having been sharply scolded.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Adjudged or sentenced to punishment, destruction, or confiscation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Officially marked uninhabitable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A person sentenced to death.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

simple past and past participle of condemn

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Esperanto: kondamnita — having received a curse to be doomed to suffer eternally
  • French: condamné — having received a curse to be doomed to suffer eternally
  • Russian: приговорённый (prigovorjónnyj) — having received a curse to be doomed to suffer eternally
  • Swedish: fördömd — having received a curse to be doomed to suffer eternally
  • French: condamné — having been sharply scolded
  • Hindi: तिरस्कृत (tiraskŕt) — having been sharply scolded
  • Swedish: fördömd — having been sharply scolded
  • Arabic: محكوم — adjudged or sentenced to punishment
  • Ancient Greek: κατάκριτος (katákritos) — adjudged or sentenced to punishment
  • Ancient Greek: κατάδικος (katádikos) — adjudged or sentenced to punishment
  • Ancient Greek: ἐπιθανάτιος (epithanátios) — adjudged or sentenced to punishment
  • Latin: damnātus — adjudged or sentenced to punishment
  • Russian: авари́йный (avaríjnyj) — officially marked uninhabitable
  • Swedish: utdömd — officially marked uninhabitable
  • Chinese Mandarin: 死囚 (sǐqiú) — person sentenced to death
  • French: condamné — person sentenced to death
  • French: condamnée — person sentenced to death
  • German: Todeskandidat — person sentenced to death
  • German: Todeskandidatin — person sentenced to death
  • Hungarian: halálraítélt — person sentenced to death
  • Japanese: 死刑囚 (shikeishū) — person sentenced to death
  • Swedish: dödsdömd — person sentenced to death
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