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Definition: Condemnable |
CondemnableAdjective1. Bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "condemnable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1861. (references) |
Etymology: Condemnable \Con"dem*na"ble\, adjective. [Latin expression condemnabilis.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: CondemnableSynonyms: criminal (adj), deplorable (adj), reprehensible (adj). (additional references) |
| "Condemnable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Condemnable" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "condemnable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i dënueshëm (blameworthy, chargeable, damnatory, objectionable, penal, punishable, reprehensible, violable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | laakbaar (blameworthy, censurable, objectionable, reprehensible), afkeurenswaardig (blameworthy, censurable, objectionable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | malaprobinda (blameworthy, censurable, objectionable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tuomittava (to be condemned). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | net goed te krijen (blameworthy, censurable, objectionable), ôf te karren (blameworthy, censurable, objectionable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verdammenswert (damnable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καταδικαστέοσ (damnable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | biasimevole (blameful, blameworthy, censurable, objectionable, reprehensible). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | yn-gheyrey, so-gheyrey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ondemnablecay reprovável (blameworthy, censurable, objectionable). (various references) condamnabil (blamable, blameful, blameworthy, chargeable, culpable, damnable, damnably, damnatory, detestable, impeachable, imputable, indictable, reprehensible, wicked). (various references) koji se može osuditi. (various references) censurable (blamable, blameable, blameworthy, censurable, objectionable, reprehensible), reprobable (blameworthy, censurable, objectionable). (various references) mahkum edilebilir, kınanacak (regrettable), istimlâk edilebilir. (various references) có thể lên án được, có thể kết án được. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "condemnable" (pronounced 'Con"dem*na"ble'): Bauble, Bawble, Bedrabble, Bedribble, Bejumble, Bescribble, Betumble, Bibble-babble, bible, Commemorable, gribble, Mabble, Moble, Nimble, Nubble, Outbabble, Penible, Perpetrable, Pubble, reassemble, Remble, resemble, Retable, Romble, rubble, ruble, Scabble, scumble, Sparble, stubble, unable, Undouble, Unnoble, unstable, Wirble, Wobble. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-d-e-e-l-m-n-n-o" | |
-3 letters: beaconed, becalmed, bemoaned, bonemeal, embolden, ennobled, lemonade, mendable, nobleman, noblemen. | |
-4 letters: abdomen, alencon, anemone, beadmen, bedeman, belaced, beldame, benamed, bondman, bondmen, cameoed, celadon, cembalo, cleaned, codable, condemn, debacle, enabled, enlaced, ennoble, landmen, leadmen, menaced. | |
-5 letters: acnode, albedo, almond, ambled, ancone, aneled, badmen, baleen, banned, beacon, beadle, beamed, beaned, becalm, became, become, bedamn, bedlam. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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