denounce
/diˈnaʊns/ verb C2- 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
- 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
- To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.
- To claim the right of working a mine that is abandoned or insufficiently worked.
He/she/it denounces · Past denounced · Past participle denounced · -ing form denouncing
Verb forms
- Base form
- denounce
- He/she/it
- denounces
- Past
- denounced
- Past participle
- denounced
- -ing form
- denouncing
From the library
“They denounced Edmond as a Bonapartist agent.”
“Which of the two denounced him?
Albert resumed his seat, and Beauchamp read, with more attention than at first, the lines denounced by his friend.
Fernand Mondego, Count of Morcerf, an old soldier who has fought in twenty battles and whose honorable scars they would denounce as badges of disgrace.”
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