Denounce
Pronunciation
- IPA: /diˈnaʊns/, /dəˈnaʊns/
- Rhymes: -aÊŠns
Origin
From Old French denuncier, from Latin dēnūntiŠ(""), from de ("") + nūntiŠ("to announce", "to report", "to denounce"), from nūntius ("messenger", "message")
Full definition of denounce
Verb
- (transitive, obsolete) To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.35:Nero ... sent his Satellites or officers toward him, to denounce the decree of his death to him ....
- 1667, w:John Milton, w, And full of peace, denouncing wrath to come
- (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
- 2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, "British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013)Mr. Cameron had a respite Thursday from the negative chatter swirling around him when he appeared outside 10 Downing Street to denounce the murder a day before of a British soldier on a London street.
- (transitive) To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.to denounce a confederate in crimeto denounce someone to the authorities
- (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
- (transitive) To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.