Synonyms for declaim
dɪˈkleɪmde·claim

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1. declaim

   To utter is to give forth as an audible sound, articulate or not. To talk is to utter a succession of connected words, ordinarily with the expectation of being listened to. To speak is to give articulate utterance even to a single word; the officer speaks the word of command, but does not talk it. To speak is also to utter words with the ordinary intonation, as distinguished from singing. To chat is ordinarily to utter in a familiar, conversational way; to chatter is to talk in an empty, ceaseless way like a magpie.

   Synonyms:
   announce, articulate, chat, chatter, converse, declare, deliver, discourse, enunciate, express, pronounce, say, speak, talk, tell, utter

   Preposition:
   Speak to (address) a person; speak with a person (converse with him); speak of or about a thing (make it the subject of remark); speak on or upon a subject; in parliamentary language, speak to the question.

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1. declaim

   Synonyms:
   harangue, recite, apostrophize, speak, debate, inveigh

   Antonyms:
   bead, study, compose, elaborate

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1. declaim, reciteverb

   recite in elocution

   Synonyms:
   recount, retell, enumerate, recite, inveigh, tell, itemize, itemise, narrate

2. declaim, inveighverb

   speak against in an impassioned manner

   "he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society"

   Synonyms:
   recite, inveigh, rail

Matched Categories

1. • Perform

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1. declaimverb

   Synonyms:
   harangue, spout, speak (rhetorically)

2. declaimverb

   Synonyms:
   recite a speech, practise speaking

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