ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsDdenounce
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denounce
Meaning: to publicly criticize or condemn something as wrong
denounce in a sentence
How denounce is used in real sentences:
Community leaders gathered to denounce the unfair new policy.
The columnist wrote an entire article to denounce the company's harmful practices.
“By the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, reformers began to denounce exclusive privileges publicly, arguing that restrictions were detrimental to free commerce because they discouraged new competitors.”
— from the passage Beyond the Gates
“Reformers then used public meetings to denounce the officials, citing missing payments rather than repeating rumors.”
— from the passage The Sealed County Papers
“Local critics began to denounce that behavior at public meetings, arguing that prestige had displaced careful stewardship.”
— from the passage The Thawing Refuge
Synonyms for denounce
Other words for denounce — condemn, decry and censure — carry the same meaning.
- condemn
- decry
- censure
Antonyms of denounce
Words that mean the opposite of denounce:
- praise
- endorse
Where it comes from
From Latin denuntiare 'to announce, proclaim'
Word parts
- de — opposite, reverse
denounce: de- (down, against) + nounce (announce, from nuntiare)
Memory hook
DE-NOUNCE — you ANNOUNCE loudly and publicly that something is wrong.