denounce
Verb
Verb Forms: denounced, denouncing, denounces
- To publicly declare something or someone to be wrong or evil.
- speak out against
- "He denounced the Nazis"
- to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
- "He denounced the government action"
- announce the termination of, as of treaties
- give away information about somebody
- 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.
Examples
- He would denounce any obscure word play, demanding a challenge be made.
- to denounce a confederate in crime
- to denounce someone to the authorities
- to denounce war; to denounce punishment
Origin / 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
betray, brand, give away, grass, mark, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, stigmatise, stigmatize, tell on, attack, charge, condemn, criticize, damn, decry, discredit, inveigh against, proscribe, report
Scrabble Score: 11
denounce: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddenounce: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
denounce: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary