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condemnatory

[ kuh n-dem-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

/ kənˈdɛm nəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

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adjective

serving to condemn.

Origin of condemnatory

First recorded in 1555–65; condemnat(ion) + -ory¹

OTHER WORDS FROM condemnatory

self-con·dem·na·to·ry, adjective

Words nearby condemnatory

concussion grenade, concyclic, cond., condemn, condemnation, condemnatory, condemned cell, condensable, condensate, condensation, condensation nucleus

Example sentences from the Web for condemnatory

A few supported my efforts in the image review, but the vast majority came in the form of condemnatory allegations.

Rebels Rise Again Over Flag Banning |Robert Khayat |July 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He could not but act and reason with a mental independence as hateful to James as to Henry Howard, and as condemnatory.

Sir Walter Ralegh |William Stebbing
They, in General Assembly, passed five condemnatory acts against witchcraft between the years 1640 and 1649.

The Mysteries of All Nations |James Grant
Cork's air became judicial, proprietary, condemnatory, yet sympathetic.

Strictly Business |O. Henry

The remark is rather characteristic of the speaker than condemnatory of John Worsley, the schoolmaster in question.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, No. 411, January 1850 |Various
You take the whole set of condemnatory doctrines into your hands and settle your own fate beforehand.

A Singular Life |Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

British Dictionary definitions for condemnatory

condemnatory

/ (ˌkɒndɛmˈneɪtərɪ, kənˈdɛmnətərɪ, -trɪ) /

adjective

expressing strong disapproval or censure