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" I want to use my music to deliver a political message and sometimes to denounce, but I don't want to be a politician."
Youssou N'Dour

Meaning of "denounce" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DENOUNCE

From Old French denoncier to proclaim, from Latin dēnuntiāre to make an official proclamation, threaten, from de- + nuntiāre to announce.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF DENOUNCE

dɪˈnaʊns


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DENOUNCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Denounce is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb denounce in English.

WHAT DOES DENOUNCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of denounce in the English dictionary

The first definition of denounce in the dictionary is to deplore or condemn openly or vehemently. Other definition of denounce is to give information against; accuse. Denounce is also to announce formally the termination of.



CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DENOUNCE

PRESENT

Present
I denounce
you denounce
he/she/it denounces
we denounce
you denounce
they denounce
Present continuous
I am denouncing
you are denouncing
he/she/it is denouncing
we are denouncing
you are denouncing
they are denouncing
Present perfect
I have denounced
you have denounced
he/she/it has denounced
we have denounced
you have denounced
they have denounced
Present perfect continuous
I have been denouncing
you have been denouncing
he/she/it has been denouncing
we have been denouncing
you have been denouncing
they have been denouncing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I denounced
you denounced
he/she/it denounced
we denounced
you denounced
they denounced
Past continuous
I was denouncing
you were denouncing
he/she/it was denouncing
we were denouncing
you were denouncing
they were denouncing
Past perfect
I had denounced
you had denounced
he/she/it had denounced
we had denounced
you had denounced
they had denounced
Past perfect continuous
I had been denouncing
you had been denouncing
he/she/it had been denouncing
we had been denouncing
you had been denouncing
they had been denouncing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will denounce
you will denounce
he/she/it will denounce
we will denounce
you will denounce
they will denounce
Future continuous
I will be denouncing
you will be denouncing
he/she/it will be denouncing
we will be denouncing
you will be denouncing
they will be denouncing
Future perfect
I will have denounced
you will have denounced
he/she/it will have denounced
we will have denounced
you will have denounced
they will have denounced
Future perfect continuous
I will have been denouncing
you will have been denouncing
he/she/it will have been denouncing
we will have been denouncing
you will have been denouncing
they will have been denouncing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would denounce
you would denounce
he/she/it would denounce
we would denounce
you would denounce
they would denounce
Conditional continuous
I would be denouncing
you would be denouncing
he/she/it would be denouncing
we would be denouncing
you would be denouncing
they would be denouncing
Conditional perfect
I would have denounce
you would have denounce
he/she/it would have denounce
we would have denounce
you would have denounce
they would have denounce
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been denouncing
you would have been denouncing
he/she/it would have been denouncing
we would have been denouncing
you would have been denouncing
they would have been denouncing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you denounce
we let´s denounce
you denounce
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to denounce
Past participle
denounced
Present Participle
denouncing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DENOUNCE

announce · bounce · enounce · flounce · frounce · jounce · ounce · pounce · preannounce · pronounce · renounce · rounce · trounce

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DENOUNCE

denominational · denominational college · denominational school · denominationalism · denominationalist · denominationally · denominative · denominatively · denominator · denotable · denotate · denotation · denotative · denotatively · denote · denotement · denotive · denouement · denouncement · denouncer

WORDS THAT END LIKE DENOUNCE

admiraunce · bedunce · bunce · dead-cat bounce · disavaunce · double bounce · dunce · fluid ounce · get the bounce · jaunce · launce · mountenaunce · on the bounce · paunce · punce · saliaunce · sand launce · snaphaunce · the bounce · vaunce

Synonyms and antonyms of denounce in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DENOUNCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «denounce» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «denounce» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF DENOUNCE

Find out the translation of denounce to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of denounce from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «denounce» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

谴责
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

denunciar
570 millions of speakers
en

English

denounce
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

निंदा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شجب
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

денонсировать
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

denunciar
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

সমালোচনা করা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

dénoncer
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Mengutuk
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

anprangern
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

糾弾する
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

공개적으로 비난하다
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Denounce
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tố cáo
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

கண்டனம்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

दोष देणे
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

kınamak
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

denunciare
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

wypowiedzieć
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

денонсувати
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

denunța
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καταγγείλει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kaak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

säga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fordømme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of denounce

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DENOUNCE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about denounce

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «DENOUNCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word denounce.
1
Paul Crouch
Regarding comments attributed to me in the Los Angeles Times - allegedly made on a bus trip from Germany to Holland in 1998 - I emphatically denounce such comments as false.
2
Frank Dane
Preachers denounce sin as if it was available to everyone.
3
Robert M. La Follette
Before the war is ended, the war party assumes the divine right to denounce and silence all opposition to war as unpatriotic and cowardly.
4
Tahar Ben Jelloun
I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know that's not enough to change the world. But to remain silent would have been a kind of intolerable complicity.
5
Youssou N'Dour
I want to use my music to deliver a political message and sometimes to denounce, but I don't want to be a politician.
6
Richard Neal
The Tax Code today is more complicated than ever, and the very people on the Republican side who denounce the Tax Code's complexity are the ones that put together what they now call a convoluted monstrosity. They put it into effect.
7
Mike Pence
I never thought I'd live to see the day that an American administration would denounce the state of Israel for rebuilding Jerusalem.
8
Tariq Ramadan
Muslims must speak out and explain who they are, what they believe in, what they stand for, what is the meaning of their life. They must have the courage to denounce what is said and done by certain Muslims in the name of their religion.
9
George W. Romney
Extremism in defense of liberty is not a vice, but I denounce political extremism, of the left or the right, based on duplicity, falsehood, fear, violence and threats when they endanger liberty.
10
Margaret Sanger
Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts, and politicians violently denounce the politicians of other countries.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DENOUNCE»

Discover the use of denounce in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to denounce and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Treasury of Mahāyāna Sūtras: Selections from the ...
(6) to denounce the [five] covers and destroy the mind blocked by the five covers; (7) to denounce burning passions and destroy the mind afflicted with burning passions; (8) to denounce thoughts and destroy the thinking mind; (9) to denounce ...
Zhenji Zhang, 1983
2
Security Disarmed: Critical Perspectives on Gender, Race, ...
We firmly believe in a world where cultures, languages, histories, and traditions will not be We, the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center publicly denounce ACTS OF WAR We denounce and resist war where the only goal is that of empire  ...
Sandra Morgen, Barbara Sutton, Julie Novkov, 2008
3
Synod on the Freedom of Conscience: A Thorough Examination ...
node=coo..A;seq= Glossary Acontius, Jacob (– ): Jacopo Aconcio, Italian humanist jurist and. the roman catholics... . Denounce clemency and praise cruelty towards heretics . Do not want to tolerate ...
Dirk Volkertszoon Coornhert, Gerrit Voogt, 2008
4
The Inquisition in New Spain, 1536–1820: A Documentary History
Because it is our duty to ensure the spiritual health of the faithful entrusted to us, we exhort and order that all people who know anything about any of the crimes mentioned here in this edict should come forth and denounce them during the ...
John F. Chuchiak, 2012
5
The Logic of Violence in Civil War
Stathis N. Kalyvas. It is, thus, possible to think of rA and rB as the extent to which an organization can shield an individual from retaliation by the other side. There are four possible outcomes: {Denounce, Denounce} or (D,D), {Denounce, Not ...
Stathis N. Kalyvas, 2006
6
Fraser's Magazine
I therefore denounce the system pursued in Maynooth, both as it regards mental instruction and moral discipline. I denounce it as at variance with the best interests of the state. I denounce it as directly opposed to the constitution of the British ...
James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch, Thomas Carlyle, 1837
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Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country
I therefore denounce the system pur. sued in Muynooth, both as it regards mental instruction and moral discipline. I denounce it as at variance with the best interests of the state. I denounce it as directly opposed to the constitution of the British ...
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The Spanish Inquisition
The edict of faith Every inquisitorial campaign began with a solemn invitation to all, to denounce themselves if they feared they had been heretical, and also to denounce all those whom they had reason to believe to be heretics. This was the  ...
Joseph Pérez, 2006
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The Primitive Church Magazine
He that is greatest among you, shall be your servant," &c. ; and we find it so directly opposed to both the letter of the word, and the spirit of Christ, that we again denounce it as anti-scriptural, and unworthy the countenance of any good man.
10
William Cooper Nell, Nineteenth-century African American ...
By the command of Christ, "Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them," denounce the law! By all the horrors and iniquities compressed into that system of slavery, which Wesley has justly styled "the sum of all ...
William Cooper Nell, Dorothy Porter Wesley, Constance Porter Uzelac, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DENOUNCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term denounce is used in the context of the following news items.
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US Senators Denounce Azerbaijan's Crackdown On Civil Society
Sixteen U.S. senators have written to Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliev expressing their concern about the “diminishing space” for civil society ... «RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Jul 15»
2
Houthi rebels denounce UN inaction in Yemen
Thousands of supporters of the al-Houthi rebel group demonstrated in Yemen on Monday in protest of the continuing war and humanitarian ... «Rudaw, Jul 15»
3
Hillary Clinton Faults Republicans for Failing to Denounce Donald …
Hillary Clinton used her first nationally televised interview as a presidential candidate to attack the Republican party for failing to denounce ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
4
Christians Denounce Osborne's Sunday Trading Proposals
The Church of England has become the first major Christian denomination in Britain to speak out against George Osborne's plans to relax ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
5
Louisiana Supreme Court justices denounce same-sex marriage …
But several justices still took an opportunity to denounce the high court's recent ruling. The case involved Lafayette couple Angela Costanza ... «The New Orleans Advocate, Jul 15»
6
Civil Rights Group Demands Kid Rock Denounce Confederate Flag …
Unsatisfied with the removal of the Confederate flag from public places, stores and TV shows, activists are now calling for musician Kid Rock to ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
7
Hibernians 'denounce' Florida MacBride retreat
The Ancient Order of Hibernians argues that the MacBride Principles are still needed in order to shore up a fragile peace in Northern Ireland. «Irish Echo, Jul 15»
8
Assembly Republican Leader Kristin Olsen (R-Modesto) Says …
Assembly Republican Leader Kristin Olsen (R-Modesto) Says California Republicans Denounce TV Personality Donald Trumps Bigoted ... «Sierra Sun Times, Jul 15»
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GOP Officials Publicly Denounce Bernie Sanders' Obamacare …
The conventional wisdom on Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is that he's a charming if impractical dreamer, a pie-in-the-sky socialist who's ... «The Intercept - First Look Media, Jul 15»
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Afghan protesters denounce quashing of death sentences for …
Dozens of Afghans have rallied to denounce a court ruling last week that overturned the death sentences for four men convicted of taking part ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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