different between revile vs denounce
revile
English
Etymology
From Middle English revilen, from re + Old French aviler (“to make vile or cheap, disprize, disesteem”), from a- (“to”) + vil (“vile, cheap”); see vile.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???va?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
Verb
revile (third-person singular simple present reviles, present participle reviling, simple past and past participle reviled)
- (transitive, intransitive) To attack (someone) with abusive language.
- who, when he was reviled, reviled not again
Synonyms
- calumniate
- reproach
- scold
- vilify
- vituperate
Translations
Noun
revile (uncountable)
- (obsolete) reproach; reviling
Translations
Further reading
- revile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- revile in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- eviler, levier, liever, relive, veiler
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denounce
English
Etymology
From Old French denuncier, from Latin d?n?nti? (“to announce, to denounce, to threaten”), from de + n?nti? (“to announce, to report, to denounce”), from n?ntius (“messenger, message”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di?na?ns/, /d??na?ns/
- Rhymes: -a?ns
Verb
denounce (third-person singular simple present denounces, present participle denouncing, simple past and past participle denounced)
- (transitive, obsolete) To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.
- (transitive) To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension, etc.; to openly accuse or condemn in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize; to blame.
- to denounce someone as a swindler, or as a coward
- 2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, "British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
- Mr. Cameron had a respite Thursday from the negative chatter swirling around him when he appeared outside 10 Downing Street to denounce the murder a day before of a British soldier on a London street.
- (transitive) To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.
- (transitive, obsolete) To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.
- (transitive) To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.
- (US, historical) To claim the right of working a mine that is abandoned or insufficiently worked.
Synonyms
- attack, charge, condemn, criticize, damn, decry, discredit, inveigh against, proscribe, report
Related terms
- denunciate
Derived terms
- denouncement
- denouncer
Related terms
Translations
See also
- announce
- enounce
- pronounce
- renounce
References
- denounce in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- denounce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- enounced, unencode
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