declaim (redirected from declaims)

de·claim  (d-klm)

v. de·claimed, de·claim·ing, de·claims

v.intr.

1. To deliver a formal recitation, especially as an exercise in rhetoric or elocution.

2. To speak loudly and vehemently; inveigh.

v.tr.

To utter or recite with rhetorical effect.

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[Middle English declamen, from Latin dclmre : d-, intensive pref.; see de- + clmre, to cry out; see kel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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de·claimer n.

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declaim

Verb

1. to speak loudly and dramatically

2. declaim against to protest against loudly and publicly [Latin declamare]

declamation n
declamatory adj

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	declaim - recite in elocution recite elocute - declaim in an elocutionary manner; "The poet elocuted beautifully" perorate - deliver an oration in grandiloquent style scan - read metrically; "scan verses" perform, do, execute - carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance"
	2.	declaim - speak against in an impassioned manner; "he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society" inveigh protest - utter words of protest

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declaim

verb speak, lecture, proclaim, recite, rant, harangue, hold forth, spiel (informal) orate, perorate

declaim against something or someone protest against, attack, rail at or against, denounce, decry, inveigh against