denounce
(verb) speak out against; “He denounced the Nazis”
denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag
(verb) give away information about somebody; “He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam”
denounce
(verb) announce the termination of, as of treaties
stigmatize, stigmatise, brand, denounce, mark
(verb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
denounce (third-person singular simple present denounces, present participle denouncing, simple past and past participle denounced)
(transitive, obsolete) To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.
(transitive) 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.
(transitive) To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.
(transitive, obsolete) To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.
(transitive) To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.
(US, historical) To claim the right of working a mine that is abandoned or insufficiently worked.
• attack, charge, condemn, criticize, damn, decry, discredit, inveigh against, proscribe, report
• enounced, unencode
Source: Wiktionary
De*nounce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denounced; p. pr. & vb. n. Denouncing.] Etym: [F. dénoncer, 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 Cæsar. Brougham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
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