denunciationnoun [ C or U ]
uk/dɪˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/us/dɪˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/denunciation noun [ C or U ] (CRITICISM)
public criticism of something or someone
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Disapproving & criticizing
- -basher
- animadversion
- aspersions
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belabour
- damn
- damn sb with faint praise idiom
- denounce
- dig
- disapproval
- give sb hell idiom
- nagging
- pitch into sb/sth
- pound
- pound away at sth/sb
- pull sth apart
- put the boot in idiom
- take a dim view of sth idiom
- throw
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denunciation noun [ C or U ] (ACCUSATION)
the act of accusing someone in public of something bad:
his denunciation as a traitor
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Blaming & accusing
- a bad workman blames his tools idiom
- accusation
- accusatory
- accusing
- allegation
- attribute
- attribution
- carry
- chalk sth up
- charge
- contributory negligence
- face the music idiom
- finger-pointing
- frame
- hang
- indictment
- opprobrium
- recrimination
- stitch sb up
- thank sb for sth idiom
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