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de·nounce
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Audio Help [di-nouns] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object), -nounced, -nounc·ing.
| 1. | to condemn or censure openly or publicly: to denounce a politician as morally corrupt. |
| 2. | to make a formal accusation against, as to the police or in a court. |
| 3. | to give formal notice of the termination or denial of (a treaty, pact, agreement, or the like). |
| 4. | Archaic. to announce or proclaim, esp. as something evil or calamitous. |
| 5. | Obsolete. to portend. |
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME denouncen < OF denoncier to speak out < L dénuntiāre to threaten (dé- de- + nuntiāre to announce, deriv. of nuntius messenger)
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de·nounce·ment, noun
de·nounc·er, noun
—Synonyms 1. attack, stigmatize, blame, brand.
—Antonyms 1. praise, commend.
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| Main Entry: | denounce | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective | |
| Synonyms: | denunciative, denunciatory, vituperative, anathematic, comminatory | |
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| Main Entry: | denounce | |
| Part of Speech: | noun | |
| Synonyms: | accusation, anathema, denunciation, diatribe, fulmination, invective, vituperation, commination | |
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| Main Entry: | denounce | |
| Part of Speech: | verb | |
| Synonyms: | abrade, accuse, announce, arraign, attack, blame, censure, condemn, criticize, decry, excoriate, execrate, fulminate, inveigh, knock, lambaste, stigmatize, upbraid, comminate, delate, denunciate, rail | |
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