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   declaim

   /dɪˈkleɪm/

   verb

   • 1. utter or deliver words in a rhetorical or impassioned way, as if to an audience: "she declaimed her views" Similar make a speechgive an addressgive a talkgive a lecturemake an orationdeliver a sermongive a sermonspeakhold forthoratepronouncepreachlecturesermonizemoralizeinformal:sound offmouth offspielspoutspeechifypreachifyjawrare:peroraterecitesay aloudread aloudread out loudread outquotedeliverrenderinformal:spoutrare:bespoutspeak outprotest stronglymake a protestmake a standrailinveighfulminateragethunderrant aboutexpostulate aboutmake a fuss aboutexpress disapproval ofcondemncriticizecastigateattackdecrydisparageinformal:mouth off aboutkick up a stink aboutgo on aboutrare:vociferate

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French déclamer or Latin declamare, from de- (expressing thoroughness) + clamare ‘to shout’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. declaimer noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • C

     3

   • L

     1

   • A

     1

   • I

     1

   • M

     3

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