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denounce
/dɪˈnaʊns/
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What does denounce mean?
verb
- 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.
- To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.
- To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.
More meanings (3)
verb
- (obsolete) To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.
- (obsolete) To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.
- (historical) To claim the right of working a mine that is abandoned or insufficiently worked.
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IPA pronunciation
/dɪˈnaʊns/
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See this word in context.
I confess that I expected to see my sister denounce him, and that I was disappointed by the different result.
However much an agitator may denounce capital, his one great grievance is that he has not enough of it for himself.
More book examples (3)
And I denounce and reprobate this pretension not the less, if put forth on the side of my most solemn convictions.
Would you argue more, and denounce less, would you persuade more and rebuke less, your cause would be much more likely to succeed.
He manifested not the slightest desire to know why I had made the change, but was ready to denounce and condemn.