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Synonyms for denounce
dɪˈnaʊnsde·nounce

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Wiktionary5.0 / 1 vote

  1. denounceverb

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

  2. denounceverb

    To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.

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

  3. denounceverb

    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

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

  4. denounceverb

    To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.

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

  5. denounceverb

    To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.

    to denounce war; to denounce punishment

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

  6. denounceverb

    To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.

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

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.5 / 2 votes

  1. denounce

    To condemn is to pass judicial sentence or render judgment or decision against. We may censure silently; we condemn ordinarily by open and formal utterance. Condemn is more final than blame or censure; a condemned criminal has had his trial; a condemned building can not stand; a condemned ship can not sail. A person is convicted when his guilt is made clearly manifest to others; in somewhat archaic use, a person is said to be convicted when guilt is brought clearly home to his own conscience (convict in this sense being allied with convince, which see under PERSUADE); in legal usage one is said to be convicted only by the verdict of a jury. In stating the penalty of an offense, the legal word sentence is now more common than condemn; as, he was sentenced to imprisonment; but it is good usage to say, he was condemned to imprisonment. To denounce is to make public or official declaration against, especially in a violent and threatening manner.

    From the pulpits in the northern States Burr was denounced as an assassin.

    Coffin Building the Nation ch. 10, p. 137. [Harper & Bros. '83.]

    To doom is to condemn solemnly and consign to evil or destruction or to predetermine to an evil destiny; an inferior race in presence of a superior is doomed to subjugation or extinction. Compare ARRAIGN; REPROVE.

    Synonyms:
    blame, censure, condemn, convict, doom, reprobate, reprove, sentence

    Antonyms:
    absolve, acquit, applaud, approve, exonerate, justify, pardon, pardon, praise

    Preposition:
    The bandit was condemned to death for his crime.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 2 votes

  1. denounce

    Synonyms:
    reprobate, decry, proscribe, brand, stigmatize, vituperate, defame

    Antonyms:
    applaud, eulogize, vindicate, panegyrize, uphold

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. denounceverb

    speak out against

    "He denounced the Nazis"

    Synonyms:
    shit, brand, stigmatise, give away, snitch, stigmatize, rat, betray, shop, mark, tell on, grass, stag

  2. stigmatize, stigmatise, brand, denounce, markverb

    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"

    Synonyms:
    distinguish, cross out, pit, stag, mark, commemorate, pock, tick, nock, differentiate, post, strike out, notice, punctuate, snitch, check, brand, grade, shit, give away, grass, check off, cross off, shop, betray, stigmatize, score, trademark, strike off, mark off, stigmatise, tag, scar, tell on, label, set, tick off, rat, note, brandmark

  3. denounceverb

    announce the termination of, as of treaties

    Synonyms:
    shit, brand, stigmatise, give away, snitch, stigmatize, rat, betray, shop, mark, tell on, grass, stag

  4. denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stagverb

    give away information about somebody

    "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"

    Synonyms:
    thieve, cop, betray, hook, buy at, stag, let on, mark, stool, reveal, spy, disclose, deceive, expose, defecate, fail, take a shit, frequent, sell, browse, bewray, snoop, snitch, make, brand, fink, lead astray, ca-ca, cheat, shit, give away, grass, break, wander, sleuth, sponsor, crap, shop, glom, grass over, divulge, stigmatize, patronise, shop at, stigmatise, knock off, blackleg, bring out, take a crap, cuckold, unwrap, patronize, tell on, cheat on, discover, scab, rat, let out

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. denounceverb

    Synonyms:
    threaten, menace

  2. denounceverb

    Synonyms:
    brand, stigmatize, arraign, upbraid, censure

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How to use denounce in a sentence?

  1. El Aissami:

    It is also important to denounce that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency had knowledge of the plan and advised the terrorists involved.

  2. Roberto Salinas Leon:

    First things first—the emperor has no clothes, and anyone concerned about the future of open societies and liberal democracy should denounce Ortega’s regime as a brutal dictatorship, more sanctions may lead to a ‘double-down’ show of a false sense of ‘national sovereignty.’.

  3. Russell Moore:

    Anyone who cares an iota about religious liberty should denounce this reckless, demagogic rhetoric, the government should close the borders to anyone suspected of even a passing involvement with any radical cell or terrorist network. But the government should not penalize law-abiding people, especially those who are American citizens, for holding their religious convictions.

  4. Justin Amash:

    Everyone has the right to protest. And I think the governor overreached in a lot of ways. And that upset a lot of people in the state of Michigan, but when we protest, we have to do it in a way that is appropriate. I totally denounce and condemn Nazi symbols that were used in some of the protests. I think it's a terrible idea to come into the capitol with weapons, bearing weapons, knowing that it might be perceived as some form of intimidation toward legislators. So, I denounce those things. But everyone has the right to protest.

  5. Fumio Kishida:

    The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a unilateral attempt to change the status quo and the act shakes the foundation of the international order. It’s an outright violation to international law and we strongly denounce the act, japan stands by the Ukrainian people who are fighting hard to defend their sovereignty and territory, their homeland and families.


Translations for denounce

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  • وَشىArabic
  • порицавам, оповестявам, осъждам, денонсирам, обвинявамBulgarian
  • denunciarCatalan, Valencian
  • vyhlásit, vypovědět, označit, nařknoutCzech
  • opsige, bekendtgøre, anklage, beskyldeDanish
  • verurteilen, kündigenGerman
  • denunciarSpanish
  • محکوم کردنPersian
  • sanoa irti, ilmoittaa, syyttää, tuomita, irtisanoa, ilmiantaa, antaa ilmi, julistaaFinnish
  • dénoncer, balancerFrench
  • troid, càin, rach an aghaidh, cronaichScottish Gaelic
  • גינה, הוקיעHebrew
  • आरोप लगा देनाHindi
  • 非難Japanese
  • opzeggen, beschuldigen, aanklagen, bekendmaken, afkeurenDutch
  • zadenuncjować, wypowiedzieć, potępićPolish
  • acusar, denunciarPortuguese
  • денонсировать, осведомлять, угрожать, обвинять, обличать, разоблачать, осуждать, оповещать, пригрозить, оглашать, доносить, извещать, порицатьRussian
  • udaťSlovak
  • rapportera, föreskriva, kritisera, kunggöra, säga upp, anmäla, fördöma, beskylla, anklagaSwedish
  • ปรักปรำThai
  • انکارUrdu

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