condemners
Those who denounce
Condemners are people who condemn—those who express strong disapproval or pass judgment against someone or something.
The word appears in contexts of moral criticism or official denunciation: His condemners called for his resignation.
Less common than the verb condemn, it emphasizes the people doing the condemning rather than the act itself.
People who criticize
- faultfindersPeople who criticize constantly
- censurersThose who blame harshly
- denouncersThose who condemn publicly
- accusersThose who blame others
attackers · disparagers · castigators · blamers · rebukers · naysayers · skeptics · cynics
Formal public accusation
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
- reprimandFormal expression of disapproval
- castigationSevere verbal criticism
excoriation · vilification · diatribe · tirade · invective · vituperation · admonition · reproof
Hostile dismissive feeling
- contemptDisdainful disregard
- disdainScornful disregard
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- disfavorLack of approval
displeasure · disapprobation · revulsion · loathing · antipathy · aversion · repudiation · opprobrium
Imposing legal punishment
- executionCompleting a planned task
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
sanctions · discipline · correction · chastisement · forfeiture · penance · atonement · damnation
Banishment from a group
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- banishmentForced removal from place
- exileBanishment from homeland
expulsion · excommunication · blacklisting · boycott · disownment · repudiation · abandonment · alienation
detractors
People who criticize
- faultfindersPeople who criticize constantly
- censurersThose who blame harshly
- denouncersThose who condemn publicly
accusers · attackers · disparagers · castigators · blamers · rebukers · naysayers · skeptics · cynics · carpers
denunciation
Formal public accusation
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
- reprimandFormal expression of disapproval
castigation · excoriation · vilification · diatribe · tirade · invective · vituperation · admonition · reproof · animadversion
scorn
Hostile dismissive feeling
disfavor · displeasure · disapprobation · revulsion · loathing · antipathy · aversion · repudiation · opprobrium · indignation
sentencing
Imposing legal punishment
- executionCompleting a planned task
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
retribution · sanctions · discipline · correction · chastisement · forfeiture · penance · atonement · damnation · hellfire
ostracism
Banishment from a group
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- banishmentForced removal from place
exile · expulsion · excommunication · blacklisting · boycott · disownment · repudiation · abandonment · alienation · spurning
- criticscritic, critics, criticizer, criticizers, faultfinder
- reproversrebukers, reproachers, upbraiders, chastisers, admonishers
condemnersdefenders
Those who shield others
advocates · praisers · supporters · champions · apologists
- condemned buildingStructure declared unsafe for use
- condemned prisonerPerson sentenced to die
- condemned cellHousing for execution-bound inmates