Another word for denounce
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Verb
To feel or express strong disapproval of
- A morally unprincipled person.
- One who is predestined to damnation.
- Morally unprincipled; shameless.
- To reprove; censure.
- To feel or express strong disapproval of; condemn:
- To express sorrow or grief over.
- To regret; bemoan.
- To express strong disapproval of:
- To pronounce judgment against; sentence:
- To judge or declare to be unfit for use or consumption, usually by official order:
- An expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism.
- An official rebuke, as by a legislature of one of its members.
- To express strong disapproval of or criticize severely, especially in an official capacity:
See also:To make an accusation against
- A contribution for the support of a government required of persons, groups, or businesses within the domain of that government.
- A fee or dues levied on the members of an organization to meet its expenses.
- A burdensome or excessive demand; a strain.
- To charge (a party) by indictment.
- To accuse of wrongdoing or criticize severely:
- To accuse of a crime or other wrongful act.
- To cause to appear guilty of a crime or fault; implicate:
- To impose a duty, responsibility, or obligation on:
- To instruct or urge authoritatively; command:
- To instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence.
- To call (an accused person) before a criminal court to hear and answer the charge made against him or her.
- To call to account; accuse:
- To charge with a shortcoming or error.
- To charge formally with a wrongdoing.
- To make a charge of wrongdoing against another.
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Another word for denounce
Verb
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- To spread or daub (a surface, for example) with a sticky, greasy, or dirty substance.
- To apply by spreading or daubing:
- To cause to be blurry or spread in unwanted places:
- An identification procedure that takes place before a trial and at which a witness to or victim of a crime meets face to face with the suspect. It differs from a lineup in that it is a direct confrontation, one-on-one. An identification procedure that takes place before a trial and at which a witness to or victim of a crime meets face to face with the suspect. It differs from a lineup in that it is a direct confrontation, one-on-one.
- A negative vote, especially one that blocks the admission of an applicant to an organization.
- A small black ball used as a negative ballot.
- To vote against, especially to veto the admission of.
- To make a gift of (something).
- To relinquish control over.
- To formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom; often by her father.
- To strike with a hard blow:
- To affect in a specified way by striking hard:
- To cause to be displaced or unengaged; force:
- (idiomatic) To challenge or contest; to hold answerable for.
- To take away; detract:
- To deviate from a standard or expectation; go astray:
- To disparage; belittle.
- To subject or allow to be subjected to an action, influence, or condition:
- To subject (a photographic film, for example) to the action of light.
- To deprive of shelter or protection; lay open to danger or harm:
- A list of persons or organizations that have incurred disapproval or suspicion or are to be boycotted or otherwise penalized.
- To place on or as if on a blacklist.
- To express disapproval to (someone); criticize:
- To express disapproval about (something):
- To reprove; censure.
- To reprove (someone) severely, especially in a formal or official way.
- A severe, formal, or official rebuke or censure.
- To reprimand or criticize harshly and usually angrily.
- To express harsh or angry disapproval to someone.
- One who persistently nags or criticizes:
- To make an accusation against:
- To bring formal charges against (a public official) for wrongdoing while in office.
- To raise doubts about; discredit or disparage:
- To condemn to everlasting punishment or another terrible fate in the afterlife; doom:
- To condemn to an undesirable fate; destine:
- To bring about the failure of; ruin:
- (idiomatic) To lecture, berate, admonish, or hold somebody accountable for his or her actions.
- Of or relating to situations in which informal clothing is permitted:
- To criticize (someone) sharply; reprimand.
- To express sharp criticism regarding (an act, for example):
- To check or repress.
- To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, dealing with, or participating in as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion:
- The act or an instance of boycotting.
- A trademark or distinctive name identifying a product, service, or organization.
- A product or service so identified:
- An association of positive qualities with a widely recognized name, as of a product line or celebrity:
- To punish or rebuke severely.
- To express disapproval of, criticism of, or disappointment in (someone).
- An expression of blame or disapproval; a rebuke:
- Blame or disapproval:
- To exclude from a group or society:
- To banish by ostracism, as in ancient Greece.
- To characterize or brand as disgraceful or ignominious.
- To mark with stigmata or a stigma.
- To cause stigmata to appear on.
- To assail with scornful or abusive language; vituperate.
- To use scornful or abusive language.
- To initiate or conduct a criminal case against:
- To initiate or conduct (a civil case or legal action):
- To initiate or conduct legal proceedings regarding (an offense, for example):
- To attack the reputation of (a person or thing) with strong or abusive criticism.
- To attack as false or questionable; challenge in argument:
- To reprove sharply; reproach.
- To accuse of a crime or other wrongful act.
- To cause to appear guilty of a crime or fault; implicate:
- To involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly:
- To have as a consequence or necessary circumstance; imply or entail:
- To convey, imply, or suggest by implicature.
- To rebuke or criticize harshly or angrily; berate.
- To use harshly critical or irate language; rail.
- To call (an accused person) before a criminal court to hear and answer the charge made against him or her.
- To call to account; accuse:
- To charge (a party) by indictment.
- To accuse of wrongdoing or criticize severely:
- To find fault with:
- To judge the merits and faults of; analyze and evaluate:
- To act as a critic.
- An expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism.
- An official rebuke, as by a legislature of one of its members.
- To express strong disapproval of or criticize severely, especially in an official capacity:
- To condemn as wrong or reprehensible:
- To express disapproval of (a person); denounce:
- To depreciate (currency, for example) by official proclamation or by rumor.
- To charge with a shortcoming or error.
- To charge formally with a wrongdoing.
- To make a charge of wrongdoing against another.
- To consider responsible for a misdeed, failure, or undesirable outcome:
- To find fault with; criticize:
- To place responsibility for (something):
- To impose a duty, responsibility, or obligation on:
- To instruct or urge authoritatively; command:
- To instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence.
- To express strong disapproval of:
- To pronounce judgment against; sentence:
- To judge or declare to be unfit for use or consumption, usually by official order:
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