condemnatory
adjective
serving to condemn.
self-condemnatory
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a word derived from
condemnatory.
Example Sentences
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Sometimes the story is there but it is self-condemnatory and unfair.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 19, 2011
He was shinning up a ladder with little regard for grace as he mumbled this self-condemnatory remark.
From The Day of the Dog by George Barr McCutcheon
Mindful of his recent thoughts, and re-impressed with the word Duty, which his friend had just emphasised, he sat down and wrote a distinctly self-condemnatory letter home.
From Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
“And he lived game, which is more than I can say of some people higher up,” was the gruff, self-condemnatory appreciation of the dead.
From The Wilderness Trail by Frank Williams
The self-condemnatory brain-impression is quite as pernicious as its opposite.
From As a Matter of Course by Annie Payson Call
