denounce

verb

/diˈnaʊns/

Etymology

From Old French denuncier, from Latin dēnūntiō (“to announce, to denounce, to threaten”), from de + nūntiō (“to announce, to report, to denounce”), from nūntius (“messenger, message”). Doublet of denunciate.

derived from dēnūntiō — “to announce, to denounce, to threaten”
derived from denuncier

Definitions

1
To make known in a formal manner
To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.
- Nero[…]sent his Satellites or officers toward him, to denounce the decree of his death to him[…].
- And full of peace, denouncing wrath to come
2
To criticize or speak out against (someone or something)
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.
- to denounce someone as a swindler, or as a coward
- 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.
- It is the latest step towards an airline-style advance booking-only system, which rail users have denounced as signalling the end of affordable, immediate travel.
3
To make a formal or public accusation against
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
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1. 4
  To proclaim in a threatening manner
  To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.
  - to denounce war; to denounce punishment
2. 5
  To announce the termination of
  To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.
  - A Contracting State may denounce this Convention, or Part II or Part III of the Convention, by a formal notification in writing addressed to the depositary.
3. To claim the right of working a mine that is abandoned or insufficiently worked.

The neighborhood

neighbordenunciate
neighbordenunciation
neighbordenunciative
neighbordenunciator
neighbordenunciatory
neighborannounceTerms related via Latin nūntiō
neighborenounceTerms related via Latin nūntiō
neighborpronounceTerms related via Latin nūntiō
neighborrenounceTerms related via Latin nūntiō

Derived

denounceable, denouncement, denouncer, redenounce, undenounced

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A definitional loop anchored at denounce. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at denounce

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