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- pronunciation:
- dih
naUns
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
denounces, denouncing, denounced |
| definition 1: |
to attack or condemn verbally; speak out against; censure.
The newspapers denounced the former regime and called its leaders corrupt and immoral.Abolitionists vehemently denounced slavery.- synonyms:
- censure, condemn, decry, proscribe, upbraid, vilify
- antonyms:
- eulogize, praise
- similar words:
- attack, blast, criminate, criticize, defame, denigrate, disparage, fulminate, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprobate, savage
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| definition 2: |
to bring a formal accusation against; accuse.
A fellow worker denounced him, and he was arrested by the state security police.- synonyms:
- indict
- similar words:
- accuse, arraign, charge, criminate, incriminate
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| definition 3: |
to announce the ending or repudiation of (a treaty or the like).
- similar words:
- repudiate
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| related words: |
affront, anathematize, blackguard, blacklist, blame, censure, challenge, condemn, damn, deplore, disapprove, report, traduce |
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| derivations: |
denouncement (n.), denouncer (n.) |
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