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Definition of Denunciative
1. Adjective. Containing warning of punishment.
Similar to: Inculpative, Inculpatory
Derivative terms: Comminate, Denounce
Definition of Denunciative
1. a. Same as Denunciatory.
Definition of Denunciative
1. Adjective. denunciatory ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Denunciative
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Denunciative
Literary usage of Denunciative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Contemporary Review (1867)
"It is in this species of poetry, rather than in the minatory and denunciative,
that Mr. Bickersteth excels. In the Third Book, " The Prison of the Lost " is ..."
2. The History of England by Tobias George Smollett, David Hume (1827)
"... so denunciative of danger, would not only give the greatest advantage to such
as might be disposed to stir up disaffection and discontent, ..."
3. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1908)
"Mr. Bonar Law endorsed Mr. Lyttelton's views in a vigorously denunciative speech,
and Sir Charles Dilke, speaking as a candid critic, argued that in view of ..."
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