denounces
- 1Third-person singular simple present of denounce.
The senator publicly denounces corruption whenever the cameras are rolling.
Every editorial she writes denounces the company's labor practices.
Note
Every living sense of the verb shows up in this present-tense form, and every one is transitive: someone or something is always denounced. Beside the familiar condemning use (a critic denounces a policy), diplomacy keeps a narrower one. A state that denounces a treaty or armistice is formally announcing that it is ending it, a notice rather than an outburst. The old meanings 'proclaim' and 'threaten' are obsolete.
If the talks collapse, the government denounces the treaty and the ceasefire lapses.
A state that denounces an armistice gives notice that it no longer considers itself bound.
denounces is a form of denounce
denounce, verb: To publicly criticize or condemn someone or something as wrong and deserving of blame or censure. Full entry
- Forms
- denouncedenounces he/she/itdenouncing -ing formdenounced past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- denounce → denounces: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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