English Explanatory Dictionary

denounce

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.
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 proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.
To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.
To claim the right of working a mine that is abandoned or insufficiently worked.

Pronunciation

/diˈnaʊns/ /dəˈnaʊns/ en-uk-denounce.ogg en-us-denounce.ogg en-au-denounce.ogg

Word forms

denounce denounces denouncing denounced

Etymology

From Old French denuncier, from Latin dēnūntiō (“to announce, to denounce, to threaten”), from de + nūntiō (“to announce, to report, to denounce”), from nūntius (“messenger, message”). Doublet of denunciate.

Synonyms

herald make known promulgate report sound attack charge condemn criticize damn decry discredit inveigh against proscribe accuse atwite blame bumble challenge cop out defame denounce fault finger inculpate lay at someone's door lay on lay something at the feet of patronize point the bone put it to put the blame on shend twit wite admonish animadvert bash bawl out slash lash scorch blast berate berisp castigate censure chastise chew out chide denunciate deprecate derogate dispraise drag dress down eat someone alive excoriate find fault fulminate

Related words

denunciate denunciation denunciative denunciator denunciatory announce enounce pronounce renounce

Derived words

denounceable denouncement denouncer redenounce undenounced

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