Denounce

/diˈnaʊns/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive, obsolete) To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive, obsolete) To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.
2. (transitive) To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension, etc.; to openly accuse or condemn in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize; to blame.
3. (transitive) To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.
5. (transitive) To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.
6. (US, historical) To claim the right of working a mine that is abandoned or insufficiently worked.

Example Sentences

Nero[…]sent his Satellites or officers toward him, to denounce the decree of his death to him[…].

And full of peace, denouncing wrath to come

to denounce someone as a swindler, or as a coward

Mr. Cameron had a respite Thursday from the negative chatter swirling around him when he appeared outside 10 Downing Street to denounce the murder a day before of a British soldier on a London street.

It is the latest step towards an airline-style advance booking-only system, which rail users have denounced as signalling the end of affordable, immediate travel.

to denounce a confederate in crime

to denounce someone to the authorities

to denounce war; to denounce punishment

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Word Forms

• denounces
• denouncing
• denounced

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