sentenced

ADJECTIVE

doomed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ill-fated wrecked

STRONG

bedeviled bewitched convicted cursed damned destroyed done fated foreordained lost overthrown overwhelmed predestined ruined sunk suppressed undone unfortunate

WEAK

cut down dead duck done for ill-omened in the cards kiss of death luckless menaced que sera sera star-crossed threatened thrown down unredeemed

Antonyms

STRONG

blessed intact nice protected restored saved successful

WEAK

hopeful lucky

ADJECTIVE

guilty

Synonyms

STRONGEST

convicted culpable liable remorseful responsible sorry wrong

WEAK

accusable caught censurable censured chargeable condemned conscience-stricken contrite convictable criminal damned delinquent depraved doomed erring evil felonious hangdog impeached in error in the wrong incriminated iniquitous judged licentious offending on one's head out of line proscribed regretful reprehensible rueful sheepish sinful wicked

Antonyms

STRONGEST

good immune irresponsible right

WEAK

guiltless innocent moral sinless truthful

ADJECTIVE

punished

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chastened dismissed imprisoned penalized

STRONG

birched castigated chastised confined corrected debarred defrocked executed exiled expelled flogged grounded immured incarcerated lectured reproved scolded spanked switched whipped

Antonyms

WEAK

cleared exonerated released

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In October, Fritsch was sentenced in absentia to 15 years in federal prison, fined $35,000 and ordered to pay $26,806,901 in restitution.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

Exiled Chinese entrepreneur Guo Wengui, convicted of defrauding thousands of people of more than $1 billion, was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison by a federal court in New York, US media reported.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

A federal judge sentenced China critic Guo Wengui to 30 years in prison for racketeering and fraud.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

Sadly, the circumstances of our birth also sentenced us to put up with picayune, ornery, solipsistic types like him.

From Salon • Jun. 26, 2026

The older boy made a deal with prosecutors and got a parole-eligible life sentence, while Evan was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

sentenced

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