Meaning

6 senses

  1. (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.

    to denounce someone as a swindler, or as a coward

    verurteilen

    облича́тьobličátʹ, осужда́тьosuždátʹ, порица́тьporicátʹ

    speak out against

  2. (transitive)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

    anzeigen

    разоблача́тьrazoblačátʹ, доноси́тьdonosítʹ, обвиня́тьobvinjátʹ

  3. (transitive)To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.

    kündigen, aufkündigen

    денонси́роватьdenonsírovatʹ

    announce the termination of, as of treaties

  4. (US, historical)To claim the right of working a mine that is abandoned or insufficiently worked.

  5. (obsolete, transitive)To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.

    оглаша́тьoglašátʹ, осведомля́тьosvedomljátʹ, извеща́тьizveščátʹ

  6. (obsolete, transitive)To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.

    to denounce war; to denounce punishment

    угрожа́тьugrožátʹ, пригрози́тьprigrozítʹ

Examples

60 sentences

  1. They denounced Tom.

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  2. Tom denounced Mary.

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  3. Many people denounced Tom.

    ruМногие осуждали Тома.

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  4. He was denounced as a coward.

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  5. They threatened and denounced each other.

    deMan bedrohte und denunzierte sich.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 5
to make known in a formal manner:
to criticize or speak out against:
to make a formal or public accusation against:
to proclaim in a threatening manner:
to announce the termination of; especially a treaty:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to criticize or speak out against:
to make a formal or public accusation against:
to announce the termination of; especially a treaty:

Origin

From Old French denuncier, from Latin dēnūntiō (“to announce, to denounce, to threaten”),

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.

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Forms

denounces, denouncing, denounced, denounced
Base formdenounce · to denounce
3rd person singulardenounces
Present participledenouncing
Past simpledenounced
Past participledenounced

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydenounce
he, she, itdenounces

Past simpleLesson

all personsdenounced

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave denounced
he, she, ithas denounced

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill denounce

Synonyms

112 synonyms
heraldC2reportB1soundA2attackA2chargeB1condemnB2criticizeA2damnB2discreditB2proscribeC2accuseB1blameA2challengeB2faultA2
Close in meaning

Word family

14 related words
RelateddenunciationC2announceB1pronounceA2denunciatedenunciativedenunciatordenunciatoryenouncerenouncedenouncement
Deriveddenounceabledenouncerredenounceundenounced

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
denimB2denominationdenominatordenoteC2denseB2denselyB2density
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