denounced

verbcondemn, attack

Antonyms for denounced

Word Origin & History

early 14c., "announce," from Old French denoncier (12c., Modern French dénoncer), from Latin denuntiare "to announce, proclaim; denounce, menace; command, order," from de- "down" + nuntiare "proclaim, announce," from nuntius "messenger" (see nuncio). Negative sense in English via meaning "to declare or proclaim" something as cursed, excommunicated, forgiven, removed from office. Related: Denounced; denouncing.

Example Sentences fordenounced

The lieutenant now denounced us, and we prisoners were all put in irons.

But he is denounced—and gravely—by the Citizen and Citizeness Defarge.

Every good deed that he has done is denounced as the act of a hypocrite.

For ten years I have worked for the people, and now I am denounced and betrayed to the police.

He was denounced by priest and publican as a subverter of morals.

He called them to his office and denounced the folly of half-way measures.

He denounced him when he talked, and he reviled him when he sang.

Next morning he waited for the young men and denounced them wildly.

They scoffed and jeered at it; denounced it as a manifest falsity.

He denounced Polly's equestrianism as a most ruinous and extravagant pursuit.