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denounced | pronounced |

As verbs the difference between denounced and pronounced

is that denounced is past tense of denounce while pronounced is past tense of pronounce.

As an adjective pronounced is

uttered, articulated.

denounced

English

Verb

(head)
  • (denounce)
  • Anagrams

    *

    denounce

    English

    Verb

    (denounc)
  • (obsolete) To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.
  • *, II.35:
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  • *
  • To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to openly accuse or condemn in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize; to blame.
  • to denounce someone as a swindler, or as a coward
  • * 2013 May 23, (Sarah Lyall), " British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
  • Mr. Cameron had a respite Thursday from the negative chatter swirling around him when he appeared outside 10 Downing Street to denounce the murder a day before of a British soldier on a London street.
  • To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.
  • to denounce a confederate in crime
    to denounce someone to the authorities
  • (obsolete) To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.
  • to denounce''' war; to '''denounce punishment
  • To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.
  • Synonyms

    * attack, charge, condemn, criticize, damn, decry, discredit, inveigh against, proscribe, report

    Derived terms

    * denouncement * denouncer

    See also

    * announce * enounce * pronounce * renounce

    References

    * *

    Anagrams

    *

    pronounced

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • uttered]], [[articulate, articulated.
  • strongly marked.
  • Derived terms

    * pronouncedly

    Verb

    (head)
  • (pronounce)