Past tense of denounce
regular verb
The past tense of denounce is denounced. The past participle is also denounced.
Forms of denounce
| Base form (V1) | denounce /diˈnaʊns/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | denounced /dɪˈnaʊnst/ |
| Past participle (V3) | denounced /dɪˈnaʊnst/ |
| Present participle | denouncing |
| Third person singular | denounces |
Denounced in a sentence
- It is the latest step towards an airline-style advance booking-only system, which rail users have denounced as signalling the end of affordable, immediate travel.2024 February 7, Mel Holley, “Network News: LNER ditches Off-Peak for 70min semi-flexible fare”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 6
- She denounced the treaty's toothlessness in combatting climate change.From the entry toothlessness
- He denounced miscegenation and declared that women should be confined to the home.2018, Corey Pein, Live Work Work Work Die, Metropolitan Books, →ISBN, unnumbered page. From the entry miscegenation
- Critics denounced physicians as meddlesome, capriciously practising an often dangerous polypharmacy – a blunderbuss approach.1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 226. From the entry polypharmacy
- Khrushchev roundly denounced "colonizers" and "imperialism" as the major causes of past wars.1971, Lyndon Johnson, “Thawing the Cold War”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 464–465. From the entry Moscow
Meaning of denounce
- verb To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.
- verb 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.
- verb To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.
Questions about the past tense of denounce
- What is the past tense of denounce?
- The past tense of denounce is denounced.
- What is the past participle of denounce?
- The past participle of denounce is denounced.
- Is denounce a regular or irregular verb?
- Denounce is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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