Home › Words › D › denunciatedenunciate/dɪˈnʌnsieɪt/denunciate means to condemn openly.denunciate is pronounced /dɪˈnʌnsieɪt/.EtymologyFirst attested in 1593; borrowed from Latin dēnūntiātus, perfect passive participle of dēnūntiō (“to declare”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of denounce.verbTo condemn openly.e.g.“to denunciate this new work” — 1795–1797, Edmund Burke, “(please specify |letter=1 to 4)”, in [Letters on a Regicide Peace], London: [Rivington]:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.denounce 80% match — To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare. vs denunciate →denunciatory 72% match — Tending to denounce. vs denunciate →denouncement 72% match — An act of denouncing; a denunciation vs denunciate →denunciation 72% match — Proclamation; announcement; a publishing. vs denunciate →denouncing 70% match — denunciation vs denunciate →condemn 69% match — To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate. vs denunciate →condemnate 69% match — To condemn. vs denunciate →denouncer 68% match — One who, or that which, denounces. vs denunciate →