denunciatev.
/dɪˈnʌnsɪeɪt//dɪˈnʌnʃɪeɪt/ transitive and intransitive. To denounce; to utter denunciation against.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > denunciation > denounce [verb (transitive)]
denouncea1400
proclaim?a1513
prescrive1562
aban1565
denunciate1593
to cry shame on, upon, of1600
to call down1605
to declaim against1611
declaim1614
proscribe1622
mouth1743
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 22v Should I not so haue pronounst and denunciated against thee, thy blood would haue beene required at my hands.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Denunciate, to denounce or give warning, to proclaim.
1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 117 An exigent interest, to denunciate this new work.
1865 De Morgan in Athenæum No. 1987. 729/1 He only enunciated and denunciated.
1890 Church Q. Rev. XXX. 183 Some rabid Irish Protestant lecturer denunciating the Church of Rome.
Derivatives
deˈnunciating adj.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > denunciation > [adjective]
declamatory1589
anathematizing1610
denouncing1661
anathematic1795
denunciant1837
denunciatory1837
denunciating1847
denunciative1860
1847 Ld. G. Bentinck in Croker Papers (1884) III. xxv. 161 An altar-denunciating priest [in Ireland].
1893 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 15 Sept. Other denunciating expressions are employed against the special pension examiners.
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