Meaning of DENOUNCE
| Pronunciation: | | di'nawns
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- [v] speak out against; "He denounced the Nazis"
- [v] give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
- [v] announce the termination of, as of treaties
- [v] to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock"
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| | Synonyms: | | betray, brand, give away, grass, mark, peach, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, stigmatise, stigmatize, tell on |
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| | See Also: | | announce, condemn, criticise, criticize, decry, denote, excoriate, fulminate, inform, label, objurgate, pick apart, rail, reprobate, sell out, tip off | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \De*nounce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Denounced}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Denouncing}.] [F. d['e]noncer, OF. denoncier, fr. L.
denuntiare, denunciare; de- + nunciare, nuntiare, to
announce, report, nuntius a messenger, message. See {Nuncio},
and cf. {Denunciate}.]
1. To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare;
to proclaim (especially an evil). [Obs.]
Denouncing wrath to come. --Milton.
I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely
perish. --Deut. xxx.
18.
2. To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some
outward sign or expression.
His look denounced desperate. --Milton.
3. To point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment,
etc.; to accuse in a threatening manner; to invoke censure
upon; to stigmatize.
Denounced for a heretic. --Sir T. More.
To denounce the immoralities of Julius C[ae]sar.
--Brougham.
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