different between condemn vs anathematize

English

Etymology

From Middle English condempnen, from Old French condamner, from Latin condemn?re (“to sentence, condemn, blame”), from com- + damn?re (“to harm, condemn, damn”), from damnum (“damage, injury, loss”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?d?m/
• Rhymes: -?m

Verb

condemn (third-person singular simple present condemns, present participle condemning, simple past and past participle condemned)

1. (transitive) To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate the perpetrators of.

   The president condemned the terrorists.
2. (transitive) To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
3. (transitive) To confer eternal divine punishment upon.
4. (transitive) To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.

5. (transitive) To adjudge (building or construction work) as of unsatisfactory quality, requiring the work to be redone.
6. (transitive) To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.
7. To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.
8. (transitive) To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain.
9. (transitive, law) To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government, to be a prize, or to be unfit for service.

Synonyms

• damn
• (to pronounce guilty): convict

Antonyms

• save
• (to pronounce guilty): acquit

Related terms

• condemnable
• condemnation

Translations

Further reading

• condemn in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• condemn in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• condemn at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Alternative forms

• anathematise

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??næ.??.m?.ta?z/

Verb

anathematize (third-person singular simple present anathematizes, present participle anathematizing, simple past and past participle anathematized)

1. (transitive) To cause to be, or to declare as, an anathema or evil.
   • 2009, Candace de Russy, "Madness, Thy Name Is 'Stimulus'," American Thinker, 13 Feb. (retrieved 21 Feb. 2009):

     Harvard economist Robert Barro anathematized it as "probably the worst bill that has been put forth since the 1930s" and, in a word, "garbage."

Synonyms

• condemn, damn, deprecate, excoriate, vilify

Derived terms

• anathematization
• anathematizer

Translations