Declaim vs Condemn - What's the difference?
declaim | condemn |
To object to something vociferously; to rail against in speech.
To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.
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To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking.
To confer some sort of eternal divine punishment upon.
To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.
To scold sharply; to excoriate the perpetrators of.
To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain
To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.
(legal) To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government, to be a prize, or to be unfit for service.
As verbs the difference between declaim and condemn
is that declaim is to object to something vociferously; to rail against in speech while condemn is to confer some sort of eternal divine punishment upon.declaim
English
Verb
(en verb)- Grenville seized the opportunity to declaim on the repeal of the stamp act.
- The students declaim twice a week.
Anagrams
* * * *condemn
English
Verb
(en verb)- The house was condemned after it was badly damaged by fire.
- The president condemns the terrorist.
- The president condemns the terrorist attacks.