condemned
Sentenced to death
Condemned describes something officially declared unfit, guilty, or destined for destruction.
A condemned building is too dangerous for occupation.
A condemned prisoner awaits execution.
The word carries finality—what is condemned has been judged and found wanting: The condemned man ate his last meal.
To feel condemned is to feel doomed or beyond redemption.
Expressed disapproval of
- denouncedPublicly accused or condemned
- censuredFormally disapproved of
- rebukedSharply criticized for fault
- decriedPublicly condemned or criticized
scorned · blamed · faulted · discredited · frowned upon · disparaged · repudiated · vilified
Predetermined course of events
- cursedUnder a malevolent spell
- ill-fatedDestined to fail
- destinedFixed by fate
- perditionEternal spiritual ruin
hopeless · lost · tragic · damned · forsaken · accursed · star-crossed · blighted
Ruined through neglect
- demolishedCompletely destroyed a structure
- razedDestroyed a structure completely
- uninhabitableUnfit for residence
- unsafeLikely to cause harm
derelict · abandoned · boarded up · decrepit · bulldozed · torn down · structural failure · code violation
Judged guilty of crime
- guiltyResponsible for wrongdoing
- death rowHousing for condemned prisoners
- executedCarried out or killed
- capital punishmentExecution by legal authority
gallows · lethal injection · electric chair · hanging · firing squad · guillotine · gas chamber · last meal
Forced from one's country
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
- outcastShunned, rejected person
- alienatedMade distant or hostile
- banishedForced to leave permanently
pariah · blacklisted · isolated · persona non grata · expelled · rejected · marginalized · disowned
criticized
Expressed disapproval of
- denouncedPublicly accused or condemned
- censuredFormally disapproved of
- rebukedSharply criticized for fault
decried · scorned · blamed · faulted · discredited · frowned upon · disparaged · repudiated · vilified · excoriated
fate
Predetermined course of events
perdition · hopeless · lost · tragic · damned · forsaken · accursed · star-crossed · blighted · ruined
dilapidated
Ruined through neglect
- demolishedCompletely destroyed a structure
- razedDestroyed a structure completely
- uninhabitableUnfit for residence
unsafe · derelict · abandoned · boarded up · decrepit · bulldozed · torn down · structural failure · code violation · vacated
convicted
Judged guilty of crime
- guiltyResponsible for wrongdoing
- death rowHousing for condemned prisoners
- executedCarried out or killed
capital punishment · gallows · lethal injection · electric chair · hanging · firing squad · guillotine · gas chamber · last meal · appeals
exiled
Forced from one's country
banished · pariah · blacklisted · isolated · persona non grata · expelled · rejected · marginalized · disowned · excommunicated
- damageddamaged, broken, wrecked, ruined, destroyed
- demolitiondemolish, raze, bulldoze, controlled demolition, wreck
- dungeondungeon, oubliette, cell bars, torture chamber, chains
- outcastsoutcast, pariah, pariahs, outcasts, outlaws
- structural conditionsintact, damaged, compromised, sound, unsound
- unacceptableunacceptable, inappropriate, improper, wrong, forbidden
condemnedacquitted
Declared legally innocent
exonerated · absolved · cleared · vindicated · pardoned
- public condemnation
- condemned buildingStructure declared unsafe for use
- condemned prisonerPerson sentenced to die
- condemned cellHousing for execution-bound inmates
condemn, condemning, condemnation, condemns, condemnatory, condemnable