self-condemned

adjective

Condemned by one's own words, behaviour etc.

First used 17th c.
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Meanings

adjectiveself-condemned (comparative more self-condemned, superlative most self-condemned)

comparative more self-condemned · superlative most self-condemned

  1. Condemned by one's own words, behaviour etc.First known use 17th c.

    Disappointing, humbled, and self-condemned, in broken accents, and with a faultering tongue, he was withdrawing, without having the assurance once to pronounce the name of Laura […].

    1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 113

Origin

From self- + condemned.

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APA

self-condemned. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-condemned

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Chicago

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