to declaim
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8.2
- verb
- /dɪˈkleɪm/
- Formal
:
declamar
- As we recite and declaim, others march and die.
- declaiming memorized passages
- declaimed contemporary poetry
- declaim a memorized passage
Examples
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I did not go to them as a monarch, but in peasant garb," Bastable declaimed triumphantly.
Fiction book (1990) -
"I have been cursed for three hundred years!" he declaimed.
Fiction book (1999) -
On the one hand, the UN is a stage on which its member states declaim their differences.
Academic text (2003) -
Perhaps I was meant to declaim them to a crowd wherever a crowd might gather.
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Do you have anything you'd like to declaim on honor?
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Just declaim a few lines from Othell-a
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As my father used to declaim, "Do you know what a buckeye is?"
Blog text (13) -
Tony ignores their sarcasm and declaims: The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold.
Fiction book (1993) -
From his perch on a bird-limed twig, he declaimed, scourging mankind, racked by his obligation to testify.
Fiction book (1991) -
"Just the right sort of organizing effort and a very encouraging development," declaimed the esteemed Professor Chomsky.
Synonyms
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3.5
Say something aloud from memory in front of other people
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9.4
To give a long formal speech that sounds boring and self-important
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9.9
Shout loudly with strong feeling, often to protest
To talk with strong, sudden feeling, often loudly or angrily
To say facts quickly and smoothly from memory
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Declaim comes from the Latin parts de- and clamare, where clamare means 'to shout', as in exclaim and clamor. So to declaim is to speak loudly and dramatically, often with strong feeling.