denunciatory

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /dɪˈnʌnsiəˌtɔri/ UK /dɪˈnʌnsɪətəri/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
characterized by open condemnation or censure

He delivered a denunciatory speech against the war profiteers.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · characterized by open... condemnatory accusatorycensoriousreproachful denunciativecastigating

Opposites

laudatorycommendatoryapproving complimentary

Word family

Related forms denounce denunciation denunciative

Etymology

Formed from denunciate (from Latin denuntiatus) plus the suffix -ory; from Latin denuntiare ('to announce, denounce'), from de- (intensive) plus nuntiare ('to report'), from nuntius ('messenger').

denuntiare Latin nuntius Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# denunciatory

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈnʌnsiəˌtɔri/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪˈnʌnsɪətəri/

## Meanings
1. characterized by open condemnation or censure

## Examples
- He delivered a denunciatory speech against the war profiteers.

## Synonyms
- condemnatory
- accusatory
- censorious
- reproachful
- denunciative
- castigating

## Antonyms
- laudatory
- commendatory
- approving
- complimentary

## Related Forms
- denounce
- denunciation
- denunciative

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: denuntiare
- Root: nuntius

## Etymology
Formed from denunciate (from Latin denuntiatus) plus the suffix -ory; from Latin denuntiare ('to announce, denounce'), from de- (intensive) plus nuntiare ('to report'), from nuntius ('messenger').

## AI Etymology
Denunciatory has the etymological history Formed from denunciate (from Latin denuntiatus) plus the suffix -ory; from Latin denuntiare ('to announce, denounce'), from de- (intensive) plus nuntiare ('to report'), from nuntius ('messenger'). The ancestry passes through Latin denuntiare and Latin nuntius. The prefix de- often marks removal, reversal, or downward motion in Latin formations, helping to explain the word's surface structure; the suffix -or marks an agent or doer, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as an adjective, it means "characterized by open condemnation or censure", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include denounce, denunciation, and denunciative.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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