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 upshot for all this is, for the first time ever, neither Russia nor Iran nor Hezbollah could defend this abhorrent regime in Syria.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
  • This abhorrent act deserves no place in our society.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of abhorrent
Adjective
  • Essay The Agony and the Ecstasy of the West Edmonton Mall Max Fawcett On learning to love the abominable mix of Soviet brutalism and unrelenting American capitalism around which Edmonton revolves.
    Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The clear attempt to further divide our country was abominable.
    Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 8 Mar. 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
  • There’s no legal argument to be made against this turn away from fact-checking and towards a more freewheeling, more disinformation-laden, more confusing, more hateful and less illuminating approach.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2025
  • With Zuckerberg’s decision to rescind policies barring hateful speech, he’s made clear that distinction is worth the possibility of political clout come Inauguration Day.
    Makena Kelly, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of hateful
Adjective
  • His name has been cursed on the streets of Sacramento, read off a loathsome strip of paper tucked under the windshield wiper: Grant Nakamura.
    Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Indy’s reverence for art was hardly shared by the Nazis, who in the game are most notably represented by a loathsome archaeologist nemesis called Emmerich Voss.
    Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of loathsome
Adjective
  • And Moscow, by now having shed its concern with its international reputation, is likely to become even less constrained in its willingness to aid even the most odious of regimes.
    Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2024
  • That closeness is a testament to the skills of case officers, especially considering that spies regularly engage and build rapport with individuals who pose threats to American safety—criminals, terrorists, diplomats from the world’s most odious regimes.
    Jeremy Hurewitz, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of odious
Adjective
  • Tonally, the show is a total master class, zipping from euphoric highs to stomach-jolting lows without batting an eyelid, and leaving us to unpack why such a deplorable and devastatingly sad contest can also make us, and its participants, feel so incredibly good.
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Detainees have previously complained about constant violence, deplorable conditions, severe staffing shortages and the frequent smuggling of drugs and other contraband, the Associated Press reported in September.
    Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of deplorable
Adjective
  • The despicable crime perpetrated by Hamas on 7 October 2023 is still very real to all of us.
    Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
  • But it can be done, bad or good, sensible or despicable.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of despicable
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