damnatory

[ dam-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

/ ˈdæm nəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

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adjective

conveying, expressing, or causing condemnation; damning.

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Origin of damnatory

1675–85; <Latin damnātōrius, equivalent to damnā(re) (see damn) + -tōrius-tory¹

Words nearby damnatory

dammit, damn, damnable, damnably, damnation, damnatory, damned, damnedest, damned if I do, damned if I don't, damnify, damning

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How to use damnatory in a sentence

Facts which seemed small in themselves became large and black, and charged with damnatory significance in the lawyer's hands.
A Life Sentence|Adeline Sergeant
They had crept to place through the slime of the lower courts and their robes of office bore the damnatory evidence.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce|Ambrose Bierce
One such opinion as Mr. Caird's outweighs a great deal of damnatory praise from ignorant journalists.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. II (of 3)|George Eliot
The whole of the damnatory clause in the exhortation, from the word "unworthily" to "sundry kinds of death," is expunged.
Lands of the Slave and the Free|Henry A. Murray

Many examples might be cited; for the Satire, after the way of Satires, is almost entirely composed of damnatory clauses.
The Love Affairs of Lord Byron|Francis Henry Gribble

British Dictionary definitions for damnatory

damnatory

/ (ˈdæmnətərɪ, -trɪ) /

adjective

threatening or occasioning condemnation

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