damnatoryEnglishOxford Dictionary of Englishdamnatory /ˈdamnət(ə)ri / ▸ adjective conveying or causing censure or damnation: the case against you was most damnatory. – ORIGIN late 16th century: from Latin damnatorius, from dam(p)nat- ‘caused to suffer loss’, from the verb dam(p)nare (see damn).