Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

condemned

/kənˈdɛmd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English

Syllables: con-demned
IPA: /kənˈdɛmd/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having received a curse to be doomed to suffer eternally.

adj

Having been sharply scolded.

adj

Adjudged or sentenced to punishment, destruction, or confiscation.

adj

Officially marked uninhabitable.

noun

A person sentenced to death.

verb

simple past and past participle of condemn

Example Sentences

"Kim Jong-il, who has died aged 69, was the general secretary of the Workers party of Korea, and head of the military in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). He was one of the most reclusive and widely condemned national leaders of the late 20th and early 21st century, leaving his country diplomatically isolated, economically broken and divided from South Korea."
"I have written 'was' because it seems that Great British Railways, which has already survived a near-death experience when Harper took over as Transport Secretary in the autumn, may well be back in the condemned cell."
"And she also faces the risk and the probability that her home will be condemned"

Derived Forms

uncondemned

Phrases

self-condemned

Synonyms

damned doomed fey accursed condemned cursed star-crossed sunk cussed dead meat done finished

Antonyms

blessed saved

Rhymes With

stemmed hemmed fremd emde

Questions

How do you pronounce condemned?: The recorded pronunciation is /kənˈdɛmd/.
What does condemned mean?: Having received a curse to be doomed to suffer eternally.

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