What does "denounce" mean?

Denounce: 2. To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression. His look denounced desperate. Milton.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to accuse in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize. Denounced for a heretic. Sir T. More. To denounce the immoralities of Julius Cæsar. Brougham.

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