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potępiać — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • castigate verb To punish or reprimand someone severely.
  • condemn verb To strongly criticise something as wrong or unacceptable.
  • disapprove verb To think something is wrong or unacceptable (usually followed by "of").
  • fulminate verb To make a verbal attack.
  • vilify verb To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.

Senses

potępiać is used for these senses in English:

  • castigate (transitive, formal) To punish or reprimand someone severely.
  • castigate (transitive, formal) To execrate or condemn something in a harsh manner, especially by public criticism.
  • condemn (transitive) To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate.
  • disapprove (intransitive) To condemn; to consider wrong or inappropriate; used with of.
  • disapprove To have or express an unfavorable opinion.
  • excommunicate (transitive) To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.
  • fulminate (transitive, figuratively) To issue as a denunciation.
  • vilify (transitive) To belittle through speech; to put down.

castigate — full definition

  1. verb To punish or reprimand someone severely.
  2. verb To execrate or condemn something in a harsh manner, especially by public criticism.
  3. verb To revise or make corrections to a publication.

condemn — full definition

  1. verb To strongly criticise something as wrong or unacceptable.
  2. verb To officially declare a building unsafe for use.
  3. verb To sentence someone to a punishment, especially death.

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