denounced

verb

past tense of denounce
1
as in condemned
to declare to be morally wrong or evil the church council denounced the bishop's teachings, officially declaring them to be heresy

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2
as in criticized
to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of denounced the shoddy merchandise that the local shops were foisting on tourists

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3
as in censured
to express public or formal disapproval of the governor has denounced the court's decision and vows to press for a constitutional amendment

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Recent Examples of denounced The fashion publication 1 Granary chimed in, suggesting that a number of industry figures who denounced the collection would later shop it. — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026 Abraham and Szor, both Israeli filmmakers, have been denounced as traitors in Israel, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself has threatened to revoke their citizenship. — Justin Chang, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026 At a press conference on Wednesday, immigrant rights groups and attorneys denounced the facility and raised concerns that the property was contaminated with PFAS. — Armando Garcia, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026 Neon’s announcement comes after the SCP Wiki team denounced a film from A24, Spooky Pictures and Image Nation shortly after it was unveiled. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026 The merger has been unpopular in Hollywood and critics denounced the settlement as weak. — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 Volusia County Corrections Police denounced the flyers Tuesday, saying that people will try to use a tragedy or difficult moment to spread hate or further an agenda. — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 Sticking to sports commentators, Jemele Hill immediately denounced Charlie Kirk as a racist days after his murder. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026 El-Sayed has repeatedly denounced political or religious violence of any kind and antisemitism specifically. — Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for denounced
  1. condemned
  2. criticized
  3. censured
  4. blamed
  5. faulted
  6. reprimanded
  7. decried
  8. punished
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  • Barry Jefferson, president of the NAACP Arkansas State Conference, has condemned the Sanders ad for reducing low-income people to a stereotype where poverty is seen as a flaw.
    — Laura Turbay, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Jim Desmond, a Republican running for an open congressional seat representing parts of San Diego County, condemned the remarks on social media.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
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  • Osborn has been traveling across Nebraska to hold meetings in all 93 counties and has repeatedly criticized Ricketts for not holding town halls to meet with constituents.
    — NICHOLAS INGRAM, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Hinojosa has campaigned on her tenure as a civil rights lawyer and criticized Abbott’s crime policies as violating civil liberties.
    — Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of criticized
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  • Raman has been endorsed by Democratic Socialists of America, which censured her in 2024 for seeking and accepting the endorsement of Democrats For Israel-Los Angeles, a Zionist group.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Imbroglio over a night at town hall Carney was censured by the Mooresville Board of Commissioners after revelations that a town hall video reportedly shows him without pants on and a woman present on a late night in October 2024.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2026
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  • Nuñez defended police tactics despite a growing number of severe injuries blamed on officers' riot-control weapons.
    — NICOLAS GARRIGA, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Rather than point to the comments, however, Cruz blamed fans who attempted to force their way through the entrance of the stadium before the game.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of blamed
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  • Zverev served for the match in the second set but double-faulted to hand De Minaur a break and the Australian stormed back into it.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
  • She can’t be faulted, then, for not wanting to take artistic advice from Stan Twitter.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of faulted
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  • She was reprimanded by the House Rules and Ethics Committee for her stunt with the bullhorn.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
  • My mother reprimanded me for taking a sip from a cocktail glass without first removing the little plastic swizzle stick that often comes in a drink.
    — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of reprimanded
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  • One of the grid’s most astute late-nineteenth-century critics, the geologist John Wesley Powell, decried its environmental recklessness.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • For more than a decade, agents and analysts have decried the death of the movie star.
    — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of decried
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  • Owners have been previously punished for violating the personal conduct policy.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile, in England and the United States and across continental Europe, statutes that punished idleness sharpened into vagrancy laws that gave police discretionary power to identify when a form of nonaction constituted criminal disorder.
    — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
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“Denounced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denounced. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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