declaim

declaim

verb

Definition of DECLAIM

1

to give a formal often extended talk on a subject <over the last two centuries some of the most illustrious personages of their times have declaimed in the town's historic lyceum>

Synonyms declaim, descant, discourse, expatiate, harangue, lecture, orate, speak

Related Words recite, soliloquize; dissert, expound, pontificate, sermonize; mouth, spout; filibuster

2

to talk as if giving an important and formal speech <he declaimed at some length about the nation's obligation to spread democratic values around the world>

Synonyms declaim, discourse, harangue, mouth (off), perorate

Related Words rant, rave; bloviate, blow; lecture, preach, sermonize; advertise, announce, broadcast, declare, proclaim, pronounce; speak, speechify, talk