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declaim
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb declaim has 2 senses
- declaim(v = verb.communication) recite - recite in elocution; Array is one way to do, execute, perform
- declaim(v = verb.communication) inveigh - speak against in an impassioned manner; "he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society" is one way to protest
Derived form noun declamation2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun declamation1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
OXFORD DICTIONARY
declaim, v.
1 intr. & tr. speak or utter rhetorically or affectedly.
2 intr. practise oratory or recitation.
3 intr. (foll. by against) protest forcefully.
4 intr. deliver an impassioned (rather than reasoned) speech.
1 intr. & tr. speak or utter rhetorically or affectedly.
2 intr. practise oratory or recitation.
3 intr. (foll. by against) protest forcefully.
4 intr. deliver an impassioned (rather than reasoned) speech.
Derivative
declaimer n.
Etymology
ME f. F d{eacute}clamer or f. L declamare (as DE-, CLAIM)
THESAURUS
declaim
blare, blare forth, blaze, blaze abroad, blazon, blazon about, celebrate, chatter, converse, cry, cry out, debate, demagogue, elocute, gab, grimace, ham, ham it up, harangue, herald, herald abroad, hold forth, mouth, mug, orate, out-herod Herod, overact, overdramatize, patter, perorate, proclaim, promulgate, rabble-rouse, rant, rave, read, recite, roar, rodomontade, shout, soapbox, speak, spiel, spout, talk, throw away, thunder, thunder forth, trumpet, trumpet forth, tub-thump, underact, wag the tongueROGET THESAURUS
declaim
Speech
VB speak of, say, utter, pronounce, deliver, give utterance to, utter forth, pour forth, breathe, let fall, come out with, rap out, blurt out have on one's lips, have at the end of one's tongue, have at the tip of one's tongue, break silence, open one's lips, open one's mouth, lift one's voice, raise one's voice, give the tongue, wag the tongue, talk, outspeak, put in a word or two, hold forth, make a speech, deliver a speech, speechify, harangue, declaim, stump, flourish, recite, lecture, sermonize, discourse, be on one's legs, have one's say, say one's say, spout, rant, rave, vent one's fury, vent one's rage, expatiate, speak one's mind, go on the stump, take the stump, soliloquize, tell, speak to, talk together, be eloquent, have a tongue in one's head, have the gift of the gab, pass one's lips, escape one's lips, fall from the lips, fall from the mouth.
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