condemnatory

Examples

• All

• We've become a condemnatory type nation and we got to stop that.

• Because the language and the attack are so condemnatory and dismissive, and the defense of the status quo so total, the issues they raise are lost in the polemical heat.

  Academic text (1992)

• So I do think we have the obligation to educate but not be condemnatory because we're all learning.

• The International Civil Commission for Human Rights Observation released a highly condemnatory account in March of last year after spending nearly two months interviewing government officials and victims.

  Academic text (2008)

• All of our laudatory moral judgments involve sympathy, and our condemnatory judgments involve resentment.

  Blog text (20)

• Rather than submit to being judgmental and condemnatory, PT remained persistent in hopes of unearthing the Hidden or Unmet Potential (HUMP) possessed by their students.

  Academic text (2009)

• What is most evident from the data is that prospective teachers steadfastly sought to unearth the hidden or unmet potential (HUMP) possessed by their students rather than submit to being judgmental and condemnatory.

  Academic text (2009)

• The teacher's remarks were critical but not condemnatory, allowing students to learn from their mistakes.

• She expressed her concerns in a condemnatory tone, emphasizing the need for accountability.

Synonyms

S

scathing

vscondemnatory

19 7.7

Very strong, harsh criticism that hurts or shocks people

shows strong disapproval but often less personally biting

S

scornful

vscondemnatory

7 5.1

Showing that you think someone does not deserve respect

targets disapproval as formal censure instead of contempt

D

damning

vscondemnatory

3 7.5

Saying someone will go to hell because of their sins

is broader and can lack moral or religious threat

R

reproachful

vscondemnatory

2 6.5

Showing disapproval in voice or look

is stronger, expressing formal censure rather than personal blame

C

censorious

vscondemnatory

• Formal

2 9.3

Often criticizes people harshly for their actions or choices

is focused on expressing censure rather than habitual faultfinding

O

opprobrious

vscondemnatory

• Formal

1 9.9

Making people feel ashamed in public with strong criticism

focuses on censure without necessarily causing public shame

C

condemning

vscondemnatory

4.9

Showing that you think something is wrong

is more about containing condemnation rather than directly declaring wrong

D

denunciatory

vscondemnatory

9.8

Showing strong criticism and warning of punishment for bad actions

focuses on disapproval and censure without warning of punishment

D

damnatory

vscondemnatory

• Literature

9.9

Showing very strong disapproval and saying someone deserves punishment

is general strong disapproval without the religious threat

D

dislogistic

vscondemnatory

• Formal

9.9

Showing disapproval by insulting or criticizing someone

is formal censure rather than merely derogatory language

Antonyms

C

complimentary

18 4.2

Saying good things about someone to show you admire them

P

praising

2.1

Showing approval and admiration for someone or their work

How Disapproving

vitriolic

• Offensive

10 9.3

censorious

• Formal

2 9.3

condemnatory

1 7.9

critical

210 3.8

disapproving

5 3.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology