v. 1
To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.
v. 2
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
v. 3
To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.
to denounce a confederate in crime
v. 4
To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.

Related words

Word family: denounceable denouncement denunciate denunciation denunciative denunciatory

Forms

Past participle: denounced
e.g. denounced → condemned, decried, accused, criticized…

or Denounce?

To denounce is to make public or official declaration against, especially in a violent and threatening manner.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

3 letters: rat¹
4 letters: shit¹, damn¹, mark¹, shop¹, slam¹, stag¹
5 letters: sound¹, brand¹, blame¹, grass¹, curse¹, scold¹, decry²
6 letters: report², attack², herald², accuse², menace², betray², snitch¹, defame², vilify³
7 letters: condemn², impeach², censure²
8 letters: threaten², reproach²
9 letters: criticize³, discredit³, criticise, deprecate³, proscribe², excoriate⁴
10 letters: promulgate³, stigmatize³, stigmatise
13 letters: excommunicate⁵

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (decry² = 2 syllables).