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denunciatory

denunciatory adjective: tending to denounce.

Adjective

denunciatory (comparative more denunciatory, superlative most denunciatory)

  1. Tending to denounce.
    • He was, at least nowadays, never severe or denunciatory; but sometimes in telling an anecdote he dropped such an expression as "the rascal said to me," or such an epithet as "the vulgar dog."1889–1890, Henry James, The Tragic Muse […], volume (please specify the page), Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company […], published 7 June 1890, →OCLC

Forms of denunciatory

comparativemore denunciatory
superlativemost denunciatory

Origin of denunciatory

From denunciate + -ory.

Questions about denunciatory

What does denunciatory mean?
Denunciatory means tending to denounce.
What part of speech is denunciatory?
Denunciatory is an adjective.

Words near denunciatory in the dictionary

  1. denunciations
  2. denunciative
  3. denunciatively
  4. denunciator
  5. denunciators
  6. denunciatory
  7. denunciatrix
  8. Denunzio
  9. Denunzios
  10. denutrition
  11. Denver

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