denounceverb [ T ]
uk/dɪˈnaʊns/us/dɪˈnaʊns/denounce verb [ T ] (CRITICIZE)
to criticize something or someone strongly and publicly:
The government's economic policy has been denounced on all sides.
We must denounce injustice and oppression.
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Disapproving & criticizing
- -basher
- animadversion
- aspersions
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belabour
- damn
- damn sb with faint praise idiom
- dig
- disapproval
- give sb hell idiom
- lashing
- nagging
- pitch into sb/sth
- pound
- pound away at sth/sb
- pull sth apart
- put the boot in idiom
- take a dim view of sth idiom
- throw
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denounce verb [ T ] (ACCUSE)
to accuse someone publicly of being something that is bad or wrong:
His former colleagues have denounced him as a spy.
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Blaming & accusing
- a bad workman blames his tools idiom
- accusation
- accusatory
- accusing
- allegation
- attribute
- attribution
- carry
- chalk sth up
- charge
- contributory negligence
- face the music idiom
- finger-pointing
- frame
- hang
- indictment
- opprobrium
- recrimination
- stitch sb up
- thank sb for sth idiom
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