Antonyms for condemning
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kuhn-dem |
| Phonetic Transcription : kənˈdɛm |
Definition of condemning
Origin :- early 14c., condempner "to blame, censure," from Old French condamner "to condemn" (11c.), from Latin condemnare "to sentence, doom, blame, disapprove," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + damnare "to harm, damage" (see damn). Replaced Old English fordeman. Related: Condemned; condemning.
- verb blame, convict
- I am not condemning the physical alleviation of pain or the progress of physical science.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- God would have no quarrelling at His just condemning of us at that day.'
- Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
- Nor I, said Mr. Liveloose, for he would always be condemning my way.
- Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
- She felt he was condemning her secretly for her permission to Vere.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- No, not that; Hermione felt that he was quite incapable of condemning her.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- Mind you, I'm not condemning my father; he thought that he was doing the best for both our sakes.
- Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
- Do you imagine you can crush a man like that by trying and condemning him?
- Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
- He beats all the Temperance 'Postles about condemning drink.
- Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
- The people were condemning him for having burned Charlestown.
- Extract from : « Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times » by Charles Carleton Coffin
- It won't do to be hasty in condemning the mediums wholesale.
- Extract from : « The Shadow World » by Hamlin Garland
Synonyms for condemning
- adjudge
- belittle
- blow whistle on
- call down
- castigate
- censure
- chide
- come down on
- criticize
- damn
- decry
- denounce
- denunciate
- deprecate
- depreciate
- disapprove
- disparage
- doom
- find fault with
- find guilty
- frame
- hang something on
- judge
- knock
- lay at one's door
- let have it
- name
- pass sentence on
- pin it on
- point finger at
- pronounce
- proscribe
- punish
- put away
- put down
- reprehend
- reproach
- reprobate
- reprove
- send up
- send up the river
- sentence
- skin
- thumbs down on
- upbraid
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