Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

damnatory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: damna-to-ry
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Containing a sentence of condemnation.

Example Sentences

"I had cut my knuckles against the pale young gentleman's teeth, and I twisted my imagination into a thousand tangles, as I devised incredible ways of accounting for that damnatory circumstance when I should be haled before the Judges."

Etymology

From Latin damnatorius, corresponding to damn + -atory.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: damn

Synonyms

condemning disapprobatory reprehensive censorious condemnatory damnatory disapproving improbatory reprehensory

Questions

What does damnatory mean?: Containing a sentence of condemnation.
Where does damnatory come from?: From Latin damnatorius, corresponding to damn + -atory.

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