condemnable

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for condemnable
Adjective
  • Theoretically, minimizing a grueling 162-game regular season into a single contest to determine who advances is abhorrent.
    Tim Britton, New York Times, 30 May 2025
  • Nothing was more abhorrent to the cult, though, than the concept of homosexuality, and that was a problem for Nikki, who realised she was attracted to women at a young age.
    Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
Adjective
  • To fund Geneviève’s idea, she’s arranged for cash from an abominable source: Crispin Shamblee (Simon Callow), a fellow dance devotee with a limitless checkbook and zero morals.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The basic problem with some conservatives' embrace of this man is that Andrew Tate is an abominable human being.
    Newsweek, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • But a wave of summer shows were canceled in response, with conservative leader Kemi Badenoch—a uniquely detestable political figure in a country that perfected the form—calling on Glastonbury to remove the band from this year’s bill.
    Shaad D’Souza, Pitchfork, 28 May 2025
  • Top-notch casting is the cherry on top, with Lily James as the supremely likable Cinderella, Richard Madden as her down-to-earth prince, Cate Blanchett as the detestable stepmother with her own imperfect backstory, and Helena Bonham Carter as one lovably flighty fairy godmother.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 May 2025
Adjective
  • Black said the synagogue has received hateful emails and phone calls.
    Rosario Del Valle, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2025
  • Hamas, Iran, and their allies and ideological sympathizers in the West have flooded the world with their hateful lies and antisemitic incitement since October 7 — lies designed to demonize Israel, the Jewish people, and their supporters.
    Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 29 May 2025
Adjective
  • Covino on the other hand plays Paul with a dash of loathsome rich guy energy, that feels like the polar opposite of Carey’s mild nature.
    Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 19 May 2025
  • If going through boxes is a particularly loathsome task, set a timer once a week for 30 minutes to start hacking away one cardboard box at a time.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The real story is how this odious amendment to a congressional budget proposal was slipped in at the last minute, with no debate, no clear budgetary purpose, no public process, and apparently against the wishes of people who live among the public lands that will be sold.
    Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2025
  • Parties that are unpopular or followed by just a few yahoos, such as the odious right-wing National Democratic Party, do not rise to the level of banning.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 13 May 2025
Adjective
  • Listen to this article This is a tale of deplorable roadside attractions and insidious corporate manipulation designed to evade regulatory intervention.
    Jay Reddick, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2025
  • These actions will only increase the income gap between the races, potentially making our already deplorable labor workforce participation rate worse.
    Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025
Adjective
  • And the political theater that has taken place of simply ignoring the problem can only be summarized by the word despicable.
    / CBS News, CBS News, 25 May 2025
  • This is a despicable act of hatred, of antisemitism, which has claimed the lives of two young employees of the Israeli embassy.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
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“Condemnable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/condemnable. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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