condemn
verb (used with object)
to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
self-condemning
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a word derived from
condemn.
Example Sentences
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Even if his account of Haskell’s “heart attack” is true, there is something self-condemning about how easily he assumes other people – including the police – will think the worst.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 6, 2020
The self-condemning new voung monarch is suddenly self-reformed, is indeed a little holier-than-thou, and a great deal royaler, as he moves forward toward what, in Henry V, will be Shakespeare's most blazing success story.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Not much; I've worked a little, dabbled with geometry some, read Gibbon a little, newspapers less, run some in the woods, and fooled away some of my time," answered Bart, with a self-condemning air.
From Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio by A. G. Riddle
And when he became the prey to disease, he became sullen, unsocial, and desponding; evidently the victim of his own self-condemning reflections, and of that retributive justice which never suffers the wicked to go unpunished.
From Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection by John N. Reynolds
It is a sort of self-depreciating, self-deprecating, self-condemning habit.
From Adventures in the Land of Canaan by Robert Lee Berry
