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
  • The incubation period for pneumonic plague — the disease's most virulent form — can be as short as 24 hours, according to the WHO.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Pneumonic plague is a virulent form of plague that can be passed from human to human.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of virulent
Adjective
  • The anger leads them to Rupert, Rebecca’s forever-spiteful ex.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Cox’s film is biased in Bill’s favor, portraying him as a lapdog whose love for this screeching, spiteful, beady-eyed woman is his great tragic flaw.
    — Katie Rife, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of spiteful
Adjective
  • Ossoff went a step further, accusing Collins himself of amplifying hateful content and saying that his former congressional aide had intervened on behalf of a Holocaust denier.
    — AJC.com, AJC.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Online trolls posting hateful comments on social media don't establish how the crowd at Gainbridge behaves.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of hateful
Adjective
  • The critical need for a crisis communications plan, regardless of the size of your business.
    — Janelle Ash , Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • If a critical variable exceeds an allowable limit, the safety function overrides the control system regardless of why the controller made its decision.
    — Gregory Shahnovsky, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of critical
Adjective
  • Moreover, the perpetrators do not appear to have used malicious code on the fridge controllers, potentially complicating efforts to track down who carried out the cyberattack, added Aimé.
    — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The best way to protect yourself from malicious links that install malware and potentially access your private information is to have antivirus software installed on all your devices.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of malicious
Adjective
  • Before enrollment, people volunteering for the study would be screened for early signs of cancer because TB-4 triggers vessel growth and cell migration, which might exacerbate malignant growths.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Experts say the nodule could be benign or malignant and that prompt evaluation is important.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of malignant
Adjective
  • October's atmospheric downside Even October, however, can occasionally be unkind to stargazers.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • But, to be fair, there were indeed some unkind comments online and none of those are apparent when other performers take unorthodox approaches to the national anthem, such as performing it with bagpipes.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of unkind
Adjective
  • The Poland arson in September was one of more than 210 incidents across Europe that Western officials consider sabotage and malign activity linked to Russia tracked by The Associated Press since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • This includes embedding safety features that prevent malign bioweapons development and embedding mechanisms that enable such misuse to be easily detected.
    — Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of malign
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“Denunciatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denunciatory. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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