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English verb: denounce | |||
| 1. | denounce (communication) speak out against | ||
| Samples | He denounced the Nazis. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | condemn, decry, excoriate, fulminate, objurgate, rail, reprobate | ||
| 2. | denounce (social) to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful | ||
| Samples | He denounced the government action. She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock. | ||
| Synonyms | brand, mark, stigmatise, stigmatize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | label | ||
| 3. | denounce (communication) announce the termination of, as of treaties | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | announce, denote | ||
| 4. | denounce (communication) give away information about somebody | ||
| Samples | He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam. | ||
| Synonyms | betray, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | inform | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | sell out | ||
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