damnatory

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And with this damnatory estimate of the light-hearted, easy-natured Adderley Twining, Grog banged the door and departed.

From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James

He had learned Mrs. Stiggs's address, and the name of Trotter's Buildings, which details were to his mind circumstantial, corroborative, and damnatory.

From The Vicar of Bullhampton by Trollope, Anthony

"No, no!" said the clergyman, as though he were bound on behalf of the family to repudiate an idea that was so damnatory to its honour.

From Marion Fay by Trollope, Anthony

Before Miss Arkwright's cutting dissyllables and Miss Wetherby's damnatory mien she was crushed.

From The Gay Adventure A Romance by Bird, Richard

The feeling of the Whigs against these anti-slavery men was bitter and damnatory to the last degree.

From Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 by Julian, George W.