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Definition
to strongly criticize or accuse publiclyor more rarely: to inform against someone (turn someone into the authorities)
Much more rarely, denounce can indicate the termination of a treaty or other formal agreement.
- She denounced him as a liar.
denounced = strongly criticized or accused publicly
- Angry Iraqis denounced terrorist attacks as harmful to progress for the Iraqi people.
- Although Thomas Jefferson denounced inequality, he continued to hold slaves.
- They set out to improve the image of Islam in America by denouncing hatred and emphasizing the faith's common values with other Western creeds.
- Luther vigorously denounced the sale of indulgences.
- My sister spent the next ten minutes denouncing the Greek system of sororities and fraternities.Stephen Chbosky -- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- In trials that were roundly denounced by human rights groups, the nineteen were eventually given life sentences.Warren St. John -- Outcasts United
- The implication is that instead of denouncing sweatshops, we in the West should be encouraging manufacturing in poor countries, particularly in Africa and the Muslim world.Nicholas D. Kristof -- Half the Sky
- I denounce this person as a liar, and impeach him as a coward.Charles Dickens -- Nicholas Nickleby
- And he was more interested in denouncing the faults of the capitalist world than in cataloging the failures of socialism.Tracy Kidder -- Mountains Beyond Mountains
- it was a time when news about who betrayed, who denounced, and who collaborated spread through nervous PragueMilan Kundera -- The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- For good measure, she forbade Felicia to visit her best friend, Herminia, whose father everyone denounced as a witch doctor.Christina Garcia -- Dreaming in Cuban
- They denounce God as a hallucination-a delusional crutch for those too weak to accept that life is meaningless.Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons
- ...they denounced the American scene as corrupt and degenerate,Ralph Ellison -- Invisible Man
- The leaflets denounced the United Nations vote,Chaim Potok -- The Chosen
- the spy's mistress had learned of his activities, and before she could denounce him, he had gunned her down cold-bloodedly.Laura Esquivel -- Like Water for Chocolate
- ...published a scathing denunciation of the population limitation laws.Orson Scott Card -- Ender's Game
- Rowena scathingly denounced her betrothed for getting drunk,Mark Twain -- Pudd'nhead Wilson
- ... and denounced abuses,Gustave Flaubert -- Madame Bovary
- Who denounced in unmeasured terms the exploiters of his own time:Upton Sinclair -- The Jungle
denounced = strongly criticized
denouncing = strongly criticizing
denounced = strongly criticized
denouncing = strongly criticizing
denounce = to strongly criticize or accuse publicly
or more rarely: to inform against someone (turn someone into the authorities)
or more rarely: to inform against someone (turn someone into the authorities)
denouncing = strongly criticizing
denounced = informed against someone to the authorities
denounced = strongly criticized or accused
denounce = strongly criticized or accused publicly
denounced = strongly and publicly criticized
denounced = strongly criticized
denounce = turn him into the authorities
denunciation = criticism
denounced = strongly criticized
denounced = strongly criticized
denounced = strongly criticized or accused publicly