condemnatory
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of condemnatory
First recorded in 1555–65; condemnat(ion) + -ory 1
Example Sentences
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This final turn is less consoling or condemnatory than darkly revealing about our assumptions about Michaela, who's portrayed as a controlling fury for most of the story.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2025
More condemnatory letters, with many signatures, were issued.
From Slate • May 14, 2024
Ms. Gilman takes pains to capture his complexity in a memoir that’s neither condemnatory nor exculpatory.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2023
As the Commons got underway at 11:30 BST, Speaker John Bercow remembers the opposition being "cock-a-hoop, celebratory and condemnatory of a government that had lost the court case".
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2020
I have not yet said anything condemnatory of Mr. Rochester’s project of marrying for interest and connections.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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