Denounce

Verb

 * 1)  To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.
 * 2)  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
 * 1)  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
 * 1)  To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.
 * to denounce war; to denounce punishment
 * 1)  To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.
 * 1)  To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.

Adverbs for Denounce
vehemently; furiously; sternly; unsparingly; scoffingly; insultingly; bitterly; scathingly; obstreperously; violently; vociferously; witheringly; astoundingly; dramatically; vitriolically; mercilessly; roundly.

Synonyms for Denounce
attack, charge, condemn, criticize, damn, decry, discredit, inveigh against, proscribe, report, accuse, indict, blame, curse, arraign, scold, censure, reprimand, reprehend, reprove, reproach.

Antonyms for Denounce
praise, commend, applaud.

Derived terms

 * denouncement
 * denouncer

Related terms

 * denunciate
 * denunciation
 * denunciative


 * denunciator
 * denunciatory

Thesaurus
accuse, allege, anathematize, anathemize, animadvert on, arraign, article, assail, attack, attaint, be imminent, betray, blacklist, blame, bludgeon, book, brand, bring accusation, bring charges, bring home to, bring to book, bulldoze, call to account, cast blame upon, cast reflection upon, censure, charge, cite, comminate, complain, complain against, condemn, convict, criticize, cry down, cry out against, cry out on, cry shame upon, damn, decry, denunciate, doom, excommunicate, fasten on, fasten upon, find guilty, finger, forebode, fulminate against, hang something on, impeach, implicate, imply, impugn, impute, incriminate, indict, inform, inform against, inform on, insinuate, intimidate, inveigh against, knock, lay charges, lodge a complaint, lodge a plaint, look threatening, lower, menace, pass sentence on, penalize, pillory, pin on, prefer charges, press charges, pronounce judgment, pronounce sentence, proscribe, put on report, rap, reflect upon, report, reprehend, reproach, reprobate, reveal, revile, ridicule, sentence, shake up, skin, stigmatize, take to task, task, taunt with, tax, threaten, twit, utter threats against, vilify, vituperate, warn

Etymology
From denoncier:, from  denuntio:, from de-: + nuntio:, from nuntius:

Translations

 * Bulgarian: оповестявам
 * Czech:
 * Danish: bekendtgøre
 * Dutch:


 * Finnish: ,
 * Polish: zadenuncjować
 * Russian: оглашать (oglašát’)
 * Swedish: föreskriva, kunggöra


 * Bulgarian: порицавам, осъждам
 * Catalan: denunciar
 * Czech:
 * Danish: beskylde
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: (to criticise) arvostella, kritisoida, haukkua; (to point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment); (to invoke censure upon) parjata, haukkua; (to stigmatise) leimata
 * French:


 * German:
 * Hebrew:, הוקיע
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: обличать, осуждать (osuždát’)
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Swedish: fördöma, kritisera, anklaga, beskylla


 * Arabic: وشى
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: denunciar
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 公开谴责
 * Czech:
 * Danish: anklage
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: (to make a public accusation against) tuomita; (~ a conf. in crime; ~ sb to authorities) ilmiantaa
 * French: ,


 * Hebrew:, הוקיע
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: разоблачать (razoblačát’); доносить (donosít’) (to inform against)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * Hebrew:, הוקיע


 * Japanese: 非難する(ひなんする, hinansuru)
 * Russian: пригрозить (pf.)


 * Bulgarian: денонсирам
 * Czech:
 * Danish: opsige
 * Dutch: opzeggen
 * Finnish: irtisanoa, sanoa irti


 * French:
 * German:
 * Polish: wypowiedzieć
 * Russian: денонсировать (denonsírovat’)
 * Swedish:

Anagrams

 * enounced