denounce

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 See also 1.5 References 1.6 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French denoncier, from Latin dēnūntiō, from de- + nūntiō (“‘to announce", "to report", "to denounce’”), from nūntius (“‘messenger", "message’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /di'naʊns/, /də'naʊns/
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• Rhymes: -aʊns

[edit] Verb

to denounce (third-person singular simple present denounces, present participle denouncing, simple past and past participle denounced)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:

     And full of peace, denouncing wrath to come

2. (transitive) To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to openly accuse or condemn in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize; to blame.

   to denounce someone as a swindler, or as a coward

3. (transitive) To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.

   to denounce a confederate in crime

   to denounce someone to the authorities

4. (transitive, obsolete) To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.

   to denounce war; to denounce punishment

5. (transitive) To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.

[edit] Synonyms

• attack, charge, condemn, criticize, damn, decry, discredit, inveigh against, proscribe, report

[edit] Derived terms

• denouncement
• denouncer

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[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• announce
• enounce
• pronounce
• renounce

[edit] References

• denounce in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• denounce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of cdeennou
• enounced