What's the difference between condemned and scold?

Condemned


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Condemn
  • (a.) Pronounced to be wrong, guilty, worthless, or forfeited; adjudged or sentenced to punishment, destruction, or confiscation.
  • (a.) Used for condemned persons.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Both condemn the treatment of Ibrahim, whose supposed offence appears to have shifted over time, from fabricating a defamatory story to entering a home without permission to misleading an interviewee for an article that was never published.
  • (2) Local and international media and watchdog organisations such as the World Association of Newspapers , Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders have issued statements strongly condemning the prison sentence.
  • (3) Collins later thanked the condemned man for what he said was the respect he showed toward the execution team and for the way he endured the ordeal.
  • (4) He was held there for another eight months in conditions that aroused widespread condemnation , including being held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day and being made to strip naked at night.
  • (5) She began on Friday by urging Republican women at a convention to “look at this face”, meaning her own, condemned Trump’s remarks as “unpresidential”, and then the Super Pac campaigning group, Carly For America, used Fiorina’s words as a voiceover for a video ad posted on YouTube on Monday showcasing dozens of women’s faces as the “faces of leadership”.
  • (6) Whatever their other faults, most Republicans running for office this year do not share Trump’s unwillingness to condemn the Ku Klux Klan.
  • (7) Talking ahead of a UN climate summit in Peru next month, Kim said he was alarmed by World Bank-commissioned research from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, which said that as a result of past greenhouse gas emissions the world is condemned to unprecedented weather events.
  • (8) How can the CHOGM leaders condemn the dictatorship of Musharraf but happily wine and dine with Museveni?
  • (9) The US initially condemned the 2009 coup in Honduras against the leftwing leader José Manuel Zelaya but has subsequently supported the administration of Porfirio Lobo.
  • (10) So the worst start to a campaign in the Roman Abramovich era has condemned Chelsea to the top of the Premier League table.
  • (11) Bacterial cultures were also made of condemned bursas taken at processing.
  • (12) The family of Naftali Frenkel, one of the the murdered Israeli teenagers, has condemned the apparent revenge attack on a Palestinian teenager.
  • (13) An appeal judge also condemned the proceedings and ordered a retrial .
  • (14) Green groups condemn Glencore involvement in Garden Bridge project Read more Meanwhile, disquiet over the bridge’s environmental credentials is gathering momentum.
  • (15) The Arbor was supported by Artangel , the arts commissioning body that produced Rachel Whiteread's House , her 1993 cast of a condemned terraced home, and Roger Hiorns's Seizure (2008), an empty council flat encrusted with cobalt-blue crystals.
  • (16) It’s a very complicated picture, both in terms of how agencies view press freedoms and in terms of Iranian laws.” Iran has long been condemned for its ongoing persecution of journalists, which has been stepped up in recent months.
  • (17) A comparison was made of the effect of providing or denying water to steers during the last 20 h before slaughter on carcase weight, bruising, muscle pH, and during the dressing process on the numbers of rumens from which ingesta was split and the number of heads and tongues condemned because of contamination with ingesta.
  • (18) Top Gear presenter Clarkson, who has been repeatedly criticised for making offensive comments, had condemned Sky for the decision, describing it as "heresy by thought".
  • (19) General results show that middle class and nonqualified working class groups are the ones who most disapprove of and condemn alcohol abuse and, at the same time, avoid to a higher degree drinking alcohol.
  • (20) Finally the new president will be condemned for his recklessness, ignorance and incompetence,” the newspaper said in an editorial .

Scold


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to scold at a servant.
  • (v. t.) To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity.
  • (n.) One who scolds, or makes a practice of scolding; esp., a rude, clamorous woman; a shrew.
  • (n.) A scolding; a brawl.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A previous trial into the safety and feasibility of using bone marrow stem cells to treat MS, led by Neil Scolding, a clinical neuroscientist at Bristol University, was deemed a success last year.
  • (2) But Britain, under Tony Blair, proved the equivalent of a disappointing parent, quick to scold and unwilling to listen.
  • (3) He recalled an incident at a Packers game a few years ago, when he stood up and vocally scolded a fan behind him who had called a Chicago Bears player a faggot.
  • (4) In 2012, despite the London Whale losses of around $6bn weighing on the bank, it again turned in record – even “triumphant” – profits of $24bn, although Dimon’s pay was halved to around $11m as a scold for the scandal.
  • (5) 'Maedchen One would never have wet on the floor like that,' my father would scold.
  • (6) "Here in the Vatican they scold me for being undisciplined but you can see what country I come from," he said – alluding, according to Ansa, to the scrum formed by the Argentinian players while the Italians formed a queue.
  • (7) Three years ago, Netanyahu was humiliated by Barack Obama with a public scolding to stop settlement expansion .
  • (8) Like Blair, he will be scolded for it by many activists.
  • (9) A senior policeman later referred to the scenes in some of its supermarkets as akin to a mini riot and scolded senior executives , arguing the force’s “scarce resources should not be used to bail out stores when they’ve not planned effectively”.
  • (10) Bernie Sanders, with the presidential gravitas of a toddler, first attempted to shout his usual stump speech over the protestors, and then scolded them for interrupting him and held what one could only describe as a mini public tantrum.
  • (11) Here's what Fiona Scolding, barrister at Hardwicke chambers, has to say.
  • (12) After being scolded by them for meeting the Dalai Lama in 2012, David Cameron vowed to “ turn the page ” and never repeat the mistake.
  • (13) Heading to their crowded dormitory after a night shift, several workers said pressure and the frequent scolding by management might be factors.
  • (14) Breaks are not breaks, they are allocated times in which we are allowed to be human, to smoke a cigarette, to wolf down a dry sandwich that at £1.25 feels expensive, to use the bathroom and still be scolded for being three minutes late.
  • (15) Fallen Muslim American soldier's father scolds Trump: 'have you even read the constitution?'
  • (16) One bearded man scolded his friends for speaking to the foreign press; others seemed to relish the attention, presenting themselves for detailed interviews about their brushes with the neighbour they never knew.
  • (17) Once or twice a week, without fail, the Restor children would gather around a laptop as Marilyn’s pixelated face appeared on Skype, scolding them about their homework and listening to their test results and friendship woes.
  • (18) "You're not what I think a woman should be," he scolds her, adding: "I don't like the way you look, sound or move."
  • (19) At one point, I fidget with my glasses so as to read the programme – Chloe swings round and throws me a stinging glance of reproach, like a seasoned concert-goer scolding a child – rather than the other way round.
  • (20) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Louis van Gaal: Manchester United not at best against Chelsea – link to video Van Gaal was notably unenthused about his team’s performance, bemused to hear them being praised on television, and revealing that he had scolded his players because “normally you have to play your best against the best teams”.