Verb

(en verb)

To regard (someone or something) with strong contempt.

* Bible, 1 Sam. xvii. 42

When the Philistine saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth.

* The Qur'an, trans. , verse 170

*:The Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary, is but the apostle of God and His Word, […] The Messiah doth surely not disdain' to be a servant of God, nor do the angels who are nigh to Him ; and whosoever '''disdains''' His service and is too proud, He will gather them altogether to Himself. But as for those who believe and do what is right, He will pay their hire and will give increase to them of His grace. But as for those who ' disdain and are too proud, He will punish them with a grievous woe, and they shall not find for them other than God a patron or a help.

* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 7, author=Matt Bai, title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, work=New York Times citation

, passage=The country’s first black president, and its first president to reach adulthood after the Vietnam War and Watergate, Mr. Obama seemed like a digital-age leader who could at last dislodge the stalemate between those who clung to the government of the Great Society, on the one hand, and those who disdained the very idea of government, on the other.}}

(obsolete) To be indignant or offended.

* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Matthew XXI:

When the chefe prestes and scribes sawe, the marveylles that he dyd [...], they desdayned , and sayde unto hym: hearest thou what these saye?

Verb

(denounc)

(obsolete) To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.

*, II.35:

Nero .

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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.