denounce

Other forms of denounce

past tense

denounced·

present participle

denouncing·

third person

denounces·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about denounce

What does denounce mean?

denounce means "speak out against". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in denounce?

denounce has 2 syllables: de-nounce. The stress falls on "nounce". In IPA it is /dɪˈnaʊns/.

What is another word for denounce?

Close synonyms include stigmatize, stigmatise, brand, mark, tell on. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is denounce a common word?

denounce is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with denounce?

4 words rhyme with denounce. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.