Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

condemnatory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables
con-dem-na-to-ry
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Serving to condemn or censure.

Etymology

From Latin condemnāt-, past participle stem of condemnāre + -ory.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more condemnatory (comparative) most condemnatory (superlative)

Derived Forms

condemnatorily uncondemnatory

Frequently Paired Words

condemnation

Synonyms

condemning disapproving reprehensive censorious condemnatory damnatory disapprobatory improbatory reprehensory

Antonyms

approbative approbatory approving commending noncensorious noncondemning probatory unblaming uncensorious uncondemning uncondemnatory

Questions

What does condemnatory mean?
Serving to condemn or censure.
Where does condemnatory come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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