condemnable

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/kənˈdɛm.nə.bəl/

adjective

Deserving of condemnation.

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criminaldeplorablereprehensibleviciouswrong
OriginEnglish condemn ← Middle English condempnen ← Old French condamner →
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Meanings

adjectivecondemnable (comparative more condemnable, superlative most condemnable)

comparative more condemnable · superlative most condemnable

  1. Deserving of condemnation.

    He’s got the one issue that’s utterly condemnable, but he was really quite open.

    2009 January 24, Charles Mcgrath, “Surveying the Outer Reaches of Lust”, in New York Times
    1 more example

    It is not the fault of any creed, but of the complicated nature of human affairs, […] that hardly any kind of action can safely be laid down as either always obligatory or always condemnable.

    1861, John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivebringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure

Similar
criminaldeplorablereprehensibleviciouswrong
Also see
criminaldeplorablereprehensibleviciouswrong

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂p-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dh₂pnóm
  9. Proto-Italic*dapnom
  10. Latindamnum
  11. Latindamnō
  12. Latincondemnō
  13. Latincondemnāre
  14. Old Frenchcondamner
  15. Middle Englishcondempnen
  16. Englishcondemn
  17. Englishcondemnable

From condemn + -able.

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Translations

Bulgarian осъди́телен
  • осъди́телен (osădítelen)deserving of condemnation
Catalan condemnable
  • condemnabledeserving of condemnation
Dutch afkeurenswaardig, laakbaar
  • afkeurenswaardigdeserving of condemnation
  • laakbaardeserving of condemnation
  • veroordeelbaardeserving of condemnation
Finnish tuomittava
  • tuomittavadeserving of condemnation
French condamnable
  • condamnabledeserving of condemnation
Italian condannabile, denunciabile
  • condannabiledeserving of condemnation
  • denunciabiledeserving of condemnation
  • dannabiledeserving of condemnation
Polish naganny, godny potępienia
  • nagannydeserving of condemnation
  • godny potępieniadeserving of condemnation
  • zasługujący na potępieniedeserving of condemnation
Portuguese condenável
  • condenáveldeserving of condemnation
Spanish condenable
  • condenabledeserving of condemnation
Cite this entry
APA

condemnable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/condemnable

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“condemnable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/condemnable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “condemnable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/condemnable.

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