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 If the main predictor of racial disparities in prison is poverty, then denouncing police and prosecutors as racist won't shrink those gaps. — Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026 Before entering politics, Correa published papers denouncing dollarization and sketched a plan to unwind it. — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026 But instead of denouncing the class of managers and industrialists who profited from the paint factories, the doctors blamed the workers for their poor condition, citing their dedication to their jobs as its primary cause. — Wendy S. Walters, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026 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
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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  • The brazen, unmasked calls to erase Israel triggered fierce bipartisan backlash from lawmakers condemning the rising wave of open extremism.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Reddit users have been posting about the problem, and condemning Sega and the game’s developer, Creative Assembly.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of condemning
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  • Multiple Republicans brought up Bottoms during the debate when criticizing their GOP opponent.
    — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Raman brought up Gates briefly while criticizing the mayor over the Los Angeles Police Department’s handling of federal immigration enforcement during Tuesday night’s debate.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 16 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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  • No commercial goods have entered the Gaza Strip for two days, Israeli authorities said Thursday, blaming the suspension on merchants angered by taxes imposed by the militant group Hamas — a claim that Palestinian importers deny.
    — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Guillard would go on to upload hundreds of videos blaming the professor, raking in millions of views.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 14 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
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  • 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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  • Selma Blair was arrested Sunday after allegedly attacking crew members on board a Delta flight into New York City.
    — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Arriving crews reported heavy fire on the third floor and began interior operations, attacking the fire with multiple handlines, Hopkins said.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of attacking
Verb
  • Seeing that gave Novick hope that the criminal justice system might serve a greater purpose beyond simply punishing those who break the law.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Both a federal district court and the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the state was not targeting or punishing Catholic preschools because of their faith.
    — Preston Green III, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of punishing

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“Denouncing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denouncing. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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