The Collaborative International Dictionary
Denounce \De*nounce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denounced; p. pr. & vb. n. Denouncing.] [F. d['e]noncer, OF. denoncier, fr. L. denuntiare, denunciare; de- + nunciare, nuntiare, to announce, report, nuntius a messenger, message. See Nuncio, and cf. Denunciate.]
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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.
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To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression.
His look denounced desperate.
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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 C[ae]sar.
--Brougham.
Wiktionary
n. denunciation vb. (present participle of denounce English)
Usage examples of "denouncing".
Gradually, some Republicans would gingerly state their support for a reduction in the marginal gains tax rate while loudly proclaiming that they hold the Tax Nuts in contempt and denouncing the undue influence of the Tax Nuts on the Republican Party.
Flush with favorable press on “choice,” Packwood added to his growing popularity with the adversary press by periodically denouncing Ronald Reagan.
Someday we will turn to the New York Times editorial page and find the Newspaper of Record denouncing President Bush for being a “penis-head.
Considering that McCain’s message denouncing the religious right was such an important one, a message worthy of amplification on the editorial page of the New York Times, the message might be a little clearer.
But Clinton’s tepid rebuke of a specific racist statement by an actual person is constantly cited to prod Republican candidates into denouncing Christian conservatives simply for being Christian conservatives.
He was abusing Big Brother, he was denouncing the dictatorship of the Party, he was demanding the immediate conclusion of peace with Eurasia, he was advocating freedom of speech, freedom of the Press, freedom of assembly, freedom of thought, he was crying hysterically that the revolution had been betrayed -- and all this in rapid polysyllabic speech which was a sort of parody of the habitual style of the orators of the Party, and even contained Newspeak words: more Newspeak words, indeed, than any Party member would normally use in real life.
He might be denouncing Goldstein and demanding sterner measures against thought criminals and saboteurs, he might be fulminating against the atrocities of the Eurasian army, he might be praising Big Brother or the heroes on the Malabar front-it made no difference.
He thought it with a kind of sadness, although well knowing that Syme despised him and slightly disliked him, and was fully capable of denouncing him as a thought criminal if he saw any reason for doing so.
Within two years those children would be denouncing her to the Thought Police.
In Iowa last week, Dean said, "Let's get into a little religion here," and then began denouncing Christian minister Jerry Falwell.
When not occupied with abortions or strippers, they busy themselves denouncing the cossacks as "the powerful.
Conservatives couldn't put together a three-car funeral without producing six books denouncing one another.
Shays were pumping gas somewhere, I wouldn't feel compelled to run radio ads denouncing him for his political views.
But that was for denouncing an overbearing state trooper at one of the UMWA picket lines during the big 1977–78 national strike.
The motion was quick, abrupt—a gesture, not of someone denouncing an action but simply trying to clear her mind of confusion.