condemning

English

Adjective

condemning (comparative more condemning, superlative most condemning)

1. Synonym of condemnatory
   • 1864, Antonio Carlo Napoleone Gallenga, The Invasion of Denmark in 1864 - Volume 1, page 383:

     Of course, the mites of sympathy, of friendly feelings towards Denmark which are mingled with your condemning judgments, are withheld by the German papers; but, seriously speaking, I cannot see that they do anything but render your concluding sentences the more condemning.

   • 1871, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 16: 1870, page 138:

     Ah, my Brethren, that is a very condemning thing, to sin against a tender conscience.

   • 2007, Raymond W. Gibbs, Herbert L. Colston, Irony in Language and Thought, page 331:

     Ironic remarks were considered more condemning than literal remarks, and direct remarks were considered more condemning than indirect ones, but these effects were independent and did not influence one another.

Derived terms

• condemningly
• noncondemning
• uncondemning

 

Verb

condemning

1. present participle and gerund of condemn

Noun

condemning (countable and uncountable, plural condemnings)

1. condemnation
   • 1654, Anna Trapnell, The Cry of a Stone:

     Thy Servant knew that she was beloved of thee, and that she lay in thy bosome from a child, and there she might have lived without the condemnings or reproaches of men, or of this Generation […]