denunciatory

adjective

Definition of denunciatorynext
as in virulent

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for denunciatory
  1. virulent
  2. spiteful
  3. hateful
  4. critical
  5. malicious
  6. malignant
  7. unkind
  8. malign
Adjective
  • Further tests showed that the thick sticky coating made these bacteria more virulent than the normal-looking bacteria from the first urine sample.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
  • That small but extremely virulent fire killed 13 people, including several foreigners, in one of Spain’s deadliest wildfires.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Definition of virulent
Adjective
  • Everyone has an acid tongue and brims with spiteful resentment.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 27 May 2026
  • This is an essential part of our checks and balances system to prevent a corrupt president from dragging our nation into costly, dangerous, or spiteful wars.
    — Jeff Horseman, Oc Register, 5 May 2026
Definition of spiteful
Adjective
  • Look the steady coarsening of American civic and political culture and the ways in which the once-outrageous—the bilious, hateful rhetoric and the creeping authoritarianism—have become almost ordinary.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
  • Although Fang was charged in a single incident, authorities allege the defendant was responsible for a string of hateful messages found across the Northern California campus.
    — Seamus Bozeman, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
Definition of hateful
Adjective
  • The consensus is that for critical business functions, success depends on rigorously validated, specialized AI tailored to specific workflows, rather than broad, general-purpose solutions.
    — TerDawn DeBoe, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Instead, most Republicans stood firm in a critical hearing with an administration waging a hugely unpopular war, while Democrats highlighted the gap between its premature victory laps and the current stalemate.
    — Arpita Dasika, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
Definition of critical
Adjective
  • These errors can cause crashes or enable attackers to exploit memory vulnerabilities, risking data corruption or executing malicious code.
    — Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Elijah Bieniemy, who is 27 and is a graduate of Olathe Northwest High School, has been charged with malicious wounding, use of a firearm during the commission of a felony and discharge of a firearm inside of a dwelling.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
Definition of malicious
Adjective
  • The patient was selected because his condition, unlike cancers such as leukemia, did not carry the risk of reimplanting malignant cells along with the transplant that could lead to a recurrence.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 23 July 2026
  • That’s the day Prigge was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, an aggressive form of cancer.
    — Amy Wenk, AJC.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of malignant
Adjective
  • According to Winfrey, 72, the duo’s entrance sparked some unkind reactions online.
    — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
  • Jones shattered, the way this league can crush a QB if the fates are unkind.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 July 2026
Definition of unkind
Adjective
  • In recent years, Russia has used NIS as a geopolitical tool to fund a range of malign influence operations in Serbia, from fomenting protests to fueling anti-American propaganda.
    — Ilan Berman, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Iranian embassies in the West, including the one in Ottawa, have been known to engage in malign behavior.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
Definition of malign
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“Denunciatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denunciatory. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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