potępiać — meaning in English
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English meaning
- castigate verb To scold or punish someone harshly.
- 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 speak out angrily against something.
- vilify verb To make slanderous remarks about someone or something; to criticise harshly.
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
- verb To scold or punish someone harshly.
- verb To condemn something strongly, especially by criticising it in public.
- verb To revise or make corrections to a publication.
condemn — full definition
- verb To strongly criticise something as wrong or unacceptable.
- verb To officially declare a building unsafe for use.
- verb To sentence someone to a punishment, especially death.
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