Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to denounce
Participle: denounced
Gerund: denouncing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | denounce |
| you | denounce |
| he;she;it | denounces |
| we | denounce |
| you | denounce |
| they | denounce |
Perfect
| I | have denounced |
| you | have denounced |
| he;she;it | has denounced |
| we | have denounced |
| you | have denounced |
| they | have denounced |
Past
| I | denounced |
| you | denounced |
| he;she;it | denounced |
| we | denounced |
| you | denounced |
| they | denounced |
Pluperfect
| I | had denounced |
| you | had denounced |
| he;she;it | had denounced |
| we | had denounced |
| you | had denounced |
| they | had denounced |
Future
| I | will denounce |
| you | will denounce |
| he;she;it | will denounce |
| we | will denounce |
| you | will denounce |
| they | will denounce |
Future Perfect
| I | will have denounced |
| you | will have denounced |
| he;she;it | will have denounced |
| we | will have denounced |
| you | will have denounced |
| they | will have denounced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | denounce |
| you | denounce |
| he;she;it | denounce |
| we | denounce |
| you | denounce |
| they | denounce |
Perfect
| I | have denounced |
| you | have denounced |
| he;she;it | have denounced |
| we | have denounced |
| you | have denounced |
| they | have denounced |
Imperfect
| I | denounced |
| you | denounced |
| he;she;it | denounced |
| we | denounced |
| you | denounced |
| they | denounced |
Pluperfect
| I | had denounced |
| you | had denounced |
| he;she;it | had denounced |
| we | had denounced |
| you | had denounced |
| they | had denounced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would denounce |
| you | would denounce |
| he;she;it | would denounce |
| we | would denounce |
| you | would denounce |
| they | would denounce |
Perfect
| I | would have denounced |
| you | would have denounced |
| he;she;it | would have denounced |
| we | would have denounced |
| you | would have denounced |
| they | would have denounced |
Imperative
| you | denounce |
| we | Let's denounce |
| you | denounce |
Verbs conjugated like 'denounce'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'denounce'
debounce,
enounce,
renounce,
announce,
dounce,
redenounce,
abrenounce,
bounce,
daunce,
debone,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- To criticize or speak out against someone or something.
- criticize
- censure
- assail, threaten, attack, damn, blame, brand, condemn, stigmatize
- accuse
- charge, indict, arraign
Antonyms
- censure
- commendation, praise, endorsement, sanction
- accuse
- vindicate, exonerate, pardon, acquit
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
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.
Sample Sentences
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[...] tokens are not so palpable to the eye and sense of touch as scars upon the flesh; because its wounds are not upon the surface, and it extorts few cries that human ears can hear; therefore I the more denounce it, as a secret punishment which slumbering humanity is not roused up to stay. I hesitated once, debating with myself, whether, if I had the power of saying ‘Yes ’ or ‘No, ’ I would allow it to be [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] come in, and go out, as at a play or concert. The chair is canopied, and raised considerably above the floor of the House; and every member has an easy chair and a writing desk to himself: which is denounced by some people out of doors as a most unfortunate and injudicious arrangement, tending to long sittings and prosaic speeches. It is an elegant chamber to look at, but a singularly bad one for all [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] together with that last one I have named, the miserable aristocracy spawned of a false republic, lift up their voices and exclaim ‘Public opinion is all-sufficient to prevent such cruelty as you denounce. ’ Public opinion ! Why, public opinion in the slave States is slavery, is it not ? Public opinion, in the slave States, has delivered the slaves over, to the gentle mercies of their [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] runs high in the territory of Wisconsin, in relation to the murder of C. C. P. Arndt, in the Legislative Hall of the Territory. Meetings have been held in different counties of Wisconsin, denouncing the practice of secretly bearing arms in the Legislative chambers of the country. We have seen the account of the expulsion of James R. Vinyard, the perpetrator of the bloody deed, and are [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] for its rampant ignorance and base dishonesty, he utterly loathes and despises in his heart; when those who most acutely feel its infamy and the reproach it casts upon the nation, and who most denounce it to each other, dare to set their heels upon, and crush it openly, in the sight of all men: then, I will believe that its influence is lessening, and men are returning to their manly senses. But [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Northern men, northern mothers, northern Christians, have something more to do than denounce their brethren at the South; they have to look to the evil among themselves.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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He's been dead for a while. You, the intellectuals, you denounce the horrors of the gulag.
(The Wizard of the Kremlin)