condemnatory

1. 1.

   containing or imposing condemnation or censure

   “a condemnatory decree”

   Synonymscondemning

   Similarinculpatory

Questions about condemnatory

What does condemnatory mean?

condemnatory means "containing or imposing condemnation or censure".

How many syllables are in condemnatory?

condemnatory has 5 syllables: con-dem-na-to-ry. The stress falls on "na".

What is another word for condemnatory?

Close synonyms include condemning. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is condemnatory a common word?

condemnatory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.