Dictionary Definition
declaim
Verb
1 recite in elocution [syn: recite]
2 speak against in an impassioned manner; "he
declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society" [syn:
inveigh]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From declamare.Verb
- To object to vociferously; to rail against in speech.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
blare,
blare forth, blaze, blaze
abroad, blazon, blazon
about, celebrate,
chatter, converse, cry, cry out, debate, demagogue, elocute, gab, grimace, ham, ham it up, harangue, herald, herald abroad, hold
forth, mouth, mug, orate, out-herod Herod, overact, overdramatize, patter, perorate, proclaim, promulgate, rabble-rouse,
rant, rave, read, recite, roar, rodomontade, shout, soapbox, speak, spiel, spout, talk, throw away, thunder, thunder forth, trumpet, trumpet forth,
tub-thump, underact,
wag the tongue