Solemn vs Condemn - What's the difference?
solemn | condemn |
Deeply serious and somber.
Somberly impressive.
Performed with great ceremony.
Sacred.
Gloomy or sombre.
To confer some sort of eternal divine punishment upon.
To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.
To scold sharply; to excoriate the perpetrators of.
To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain
To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.
(legal) To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government, to be a prize, or to be unfit for service.
As an adjective solemn
is deeply serious and somber.As a verb condemn is
to confer some sort of eternal divine punishment upon.solemn
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Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* solemnity * solemnize * solemnly * solemnnessAnagrams
* * * ----condemn
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Verb
(en verb)- The house was condemned after it was badly damaged by fire.
- The president condemns the terrorist.
- The president condemns the terrorist attacks.