Dictionary Definition
condemned adj
1 pronounced or proved guilty; "the condemned man
faced the firing squad with dignity"; "a convicted criminal" [syn:
convicted]
2 officially and strongly disapproved; "the
censured conflict of interest"; "her condemned behavior" [syn:
censured]
3 taken without permission or consent especially
by public authority; "the condemned land was used for a highway
cloverleaf"; "the confiscated liquor was poured down the drain"
[syn: appropriated,
confiscate, confiscated, seized, taken
over]
4 officially pronounced unfit for use or
consumption; "a row of condemned bulildings"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
- Something that has received a curse such that it is doomed to suffer eternally.
- Having been sharply scolded.
- past of condemn
Extensive Definition
Condemnation or condemned may refer to:
- in property law, condemnation is identical to eminent domain
- the revocation of an occupancy permit, or an order for demolition of a building
- a strongly-worded rebuke, such as condemning violations of human rights
- sometimes used in reference to a guilty verdict, particularly when the sentence issued is to be capital punishment
- Damnation, the antithesis of salvation.
- "Condemnation" (song), a song by Depeche Mode
- Condemned (film), a 1929 film that earned Ronald Colman an Academy Award nomination
- The Condemned, a 2007 film
- Condemned: Criminal Origins, a survival horror video game and its sequel Condemned 2: Bloodshot
- "Condemned" (Stargate Atlantis), an episode of the television series Stargate Atlantis
- Condemned (band), a death metal band from Belfast, United Kingdom