denounce

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /diˈnaʊns/, /dəˈnaʊns/ Rhymes: -aʊns === Verb === 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. Synonyms: herald, make known, promulgate, report, sound (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. Synonyms: attack, charge, condemn, criticize, damn, decry, discredit, inveigh against, proscribe; see also Thesaurus:blame, Thesaurus:criticize to denounce someone as a swindler, or as a coward (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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “denounce”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “denounce”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === enounced, unencode