Denunciatory

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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.""

Adjective
  1. 1
    containing warning of punishment wordnet

Example

More examples

"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.""

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