verb · academic
denounce
/dɪˈnaʊns/de·NOUNCE
Band 7+task2speakingtask1
to publicly condemn or criticise strongly
Examples
“Many NGOs denounced the human rights abuses in their report.”
“The policy was denounced as unfair by opposition parties.”
“Scholars quickly denounced the study's methodological flaws.”
Band 8 sentence
“International bodies denounced the referendum as neither free nor fair, citing numerous irregularities.”
Collocations
- denounce publicly
- denounce as
- denounce the practice/policy
Word family
denouncement noun
Common mistakes
announce→denounce
criticize only informally→denounce
Say it for a higher band
5criticize→6condemn→7+denounce
Synonyms
condemn
Easily confused
condemn
“The council condemned the use of excessive force by officers.”
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