condemnable

adjective

Definition of condemnablenext
as in abhorrent

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for condemnable
  1. abhorrent
  2. abominable
  3. detestable
  4. hateful
  5. loathsome
  6. odious
  7. deplorable
  8. despicable
Adjective
  • The alternative is a future too abhorrent for even the most dystopian imaginations at WIRED to contemplate.
    Katie Drummond, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024
  • No matter how obscure the source or abhorrent the story, incendiary headlines, rigged algorithms and planted comments are standard.
    Lauren Coulman, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of abhorrent
Adjective
  • But that face is all the better to leer at his creator with, and Ito’s Frankenstein does a wonderful job at capturing a man being chased by his own abominable choices.
    Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
  • His new home is a notorious federal jail in New York City known for extreme violence and abominable medical care.
    Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 18 Sep. 2024
Definition of abominable
Adjective
  • What’s more, a loss at Hell in a Cell could also force McIntyre to become an even more detestable heel in the weeks and months ahead.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
  • As if being Jewish had become something really murky, vaguely suspect, possibly detestable.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024
Definition of detestable
Adjective
  • The hateful rhetoric has been deployed all the way down the ballot, in Senate races, statehouse contests, and state constitutional amendment campaigns.
    Madison Pauly and Sarah Szilagy, Them, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The worthwhile parts of Twitter (real-time news, sports, culture, silly memes, spontaneous encounters with celebrity accounts) have been drowned out by hateful garbage.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of hateful
Adjective
  • Denzel Washington was gruesomely low down in the dirt as a cop willing to wield his privilege against vulnerable Black and brown communities in 2001’s admittedly loathsome Training Day.
    Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2024
  • Get this: This loathsome species is getting bigger and nastier thanks to climate change.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2024
Definition of loathsome
Adjective
  • Marty is prone to do some normie political comedy from time to time and has a history of playing annoying characters with odious personalities.
    Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2024
  • After an odious 15-game performance, stained by players lacking discipline and fighting on the sideline, Penner identified the qualities most important for removing the floppy shoes and red nose from the organization’s coaching office.
    Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2024
Definition of odious
Adjective
  • Records show the hotel has had habitual criminal activity and it's been known to be in a deplorable state inside.
    Raul Trey Lopez, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Wayne County officials has touted that its new facility would be safer for inmates, and would remedy deplorable, antiquated, and unsafe conditions at its old facilities.
    Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of deplorable
Adjective
  • The mighty Roosevelt Johnson pulls a dual role as the exasperated ghost of Pap and the despicable Uncle Rev.
    Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Ahead of the events depicted in season seven, our young heroes, the students of Class 1-A, have taken to the streets, battling the despicable villains out to take advantage of a country in crisis.
    David Opie, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of despicable
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