denouncing

verb

present participle of denounce
1
as in condemning
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 criticizing
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 censuring
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 denouncing French President Emanuel Macron delivered a briefing to the candidates running to succeed him so disturbing that even the far-right National Rally’s leaders emerged denouncing Russian hybrid attacks. — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026 El-Sayed's campaign sent a reporter a question asking if Rogers, given his comments about denouncing terrorists, planned to publicly denounce the remark. — Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026 There’s the Luddite Club, which last fall used a seventy-year-old typewriter to make a poster denouncing the school’s decision to offer students ChatGPT and Google Gemini subscriptions. — Jesse Dougherty, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026 House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) was blindsided on Tuesday when two members of his caucus voted with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to put a resolution denouncing socialism on the floor for a full vote. — Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2026 And other Democrats, especially those from Coupang’s home state, Washington, have joined their Republican colleagues in denouncing South Korea’s posture toward the company. — Justin Papp, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026 Several leading Democrats, including Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries, issued statements denouncing Piker’s ugly warning to the Jews as a barely veiled anti-Semitic threat. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026 Safal Prakash Shrestha/NurPhoto/Getty Protesters shouted slogans denouncing the police and government over alleged delays in taking action to find the missing girl, and then to find the perpetrators. — Arshad R. Zargar, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Many actors have opened up about their experiences with Botox, with some denouncing the injectable. — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for denouncing
  1. condemning
  2. criticizing
  3. censuring
  4. blaming
  5. faulting
  6. reprimanding
  7. attacking
  8. punishing
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  • Every audience hears about the tweets from Michigan’s William Lawrence, condemning the nuclear family, and New York’s Darializa Avila Chevalier, about how July 4 should be about the liberation of Palestine and Puerto Rico.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Particularly, individuals on the Right are condemning the fraternity members being picked apart in the public court of opinion.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of condemning
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  • Certainly there were clear taboos, beginning with questioning the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party and criticizing the country’s central leadership.
    — Howard W. French, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026
  • After slogans criticizing the Sacramento State administration appeared in chalk on the facade of a 64-year-old campus building earlier this week, at least one student is now facing potential disciplinary action.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of criticizing
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  • Two Republicans voted against censuring Edwards, despite the recommendation.
    — Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The City Council, which is considering censuring the mayor, asked for assistance because the city’s Human Resources director wasn’t available at the time, according to Mayor Pro Tem Tara Graves.
    — Elijah Megginson, AJC.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of censuring
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  • During the debate, both candidates seemed prepared to focus on the lack of affordability — namely by blaming the other’s political party for it.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The Variable To Watch This is, admittedly, a less exciting explanation than blaming the market.
    — Khalifa Aldhaheri, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of blaming
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  • The teachers union, United Teachers Los Angeles, in a memo to school board members, presented a counter interpretation and said the state team exaggerated the crisis and was implicitly faulting justified wage increases.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
  • These features are interpreted as evidence of faulting along the caldera rim as the floor subsided.
    — Yook Ji Hun, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of faulting
Verb
  • Instead of reprimanding his pet, Linnetz seems to recognize the moment as a potentially good shot.
    — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The audience awkwardly chuckles, and Scovel, eyes still closed, begins reprimanding them.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of reprimanding
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  • Murtis of the goddess Durga depict her astride a lion and attacking Mahishasura.
    — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The president appeared to be attacking Andrews, a biological woman, over her alleged support of gender transitions for minors and transgender athletes in women’s sports.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of attacking
Verb
  • Consequently, those punishing wind gusts led to thousands of trees falling.
    — Matthew DeLucia, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The dominant rushing attack that earned them four lopsided wins to start the season was more methodical than punishing, but Cleveland High still ground out a 24-18 nonleague victory Friday over host Crenshaw.
    — Joel Beers, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of punishing

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“Denouncing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denouncing. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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