declaim

declaim is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week.
2. intransitive verb. To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.
3. transitive verb. To utter in public; to deliver in a rhetorical or set manner.
4. transitive verb. To defend by declamation; to advocate loudly.
5. verb. speak against in an impassioned manner

   "he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society"

   Synonyms: inveigh

6. verb. recite in elocution

   Synonyms: recite

Synonyms

inveigh, recite

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in declaim:

camelid, claimed, decimal, medical

Common word forms

declaims, declaimed, declaimer, declaiming

Words from these letters

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