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Meaning of declaim
verb
- utter or deliver words in a rhetorical or impassioned way, as if to an audience.
she declaimed her views
a preacher declaiming from the pulpit
an opportunity to declaim against the evils of society
late Middle English: from French déclamer or Latin declamare, from de- (expressing thoroughness) + clamare ‘to shout’.
Information about declaim
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of declaim is: declaims.
- Languages in which declaim is used:
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Hyphenation of declaim
de-claim
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- declaim is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
declaim synonyms
Meaning recite:
Meaning inveigh:
Meaning say something in order to convey information or to express a feeling:
Meaning make a speech, especially pompously or at length:
Meaning make the sound of (a word or part of a word) in the correct or a particular way:
Meaning deliver a sermon or religious address to an assembled group of people, typically in church:
Meaning deliver an educational lecture or lectures:
Meaning compose or deliver a sermon:
Meaning comment on issues of right and wrong, typically with an unfounded air of superiority:
Meaning reel off; recite:
Meaning express (one's views or ideas) in a lengthy, declamatory, and unreflecting way:
Meaning deliver a speech, especially in a tedious or pompous way:
Meaning preach or moralize tediously:
Meaning talk at length; chatter:
Meaning speak at length:
Meaning repeat or copy out (words from a text or speech written or spoken by another person):
Meaning state in a formal manner:
Meaning provide or give (a service, help, etc.):
Meaning provide or enclose (a space or place) with a rail or rails:
Meaning express vehement protest:
Meaning feel or express violent uncontrollable anger:
Meaning thunder sounds:
Meaning express complete disapproval of; censure:
Meaning indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way:
Meaning reprimand (someone) severely:
Meaning take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force:
Meaning publicly denounce:
Meaning regard or represent as being of little worth:
Meaning shout, complain, or argue loudly or vehemently:
Translation of declaim
- German: deklamieren
- French: déclamer
- Italian: declamare
- Spanish: declamar
Anagrams of declaim
Camelid, camelid, claimed, decimal, maliced, medical
Words that rhyme with declaim
acclaim, claim, counterclaim, crossclaim, disclaim, exclaim, misclaim, nonclaim, nondisclaim, overclaim, preclaim, proclaim, quitclaim, reacclaim, reclaim, reproclaim, subclaim, superclaim
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