ALL meanings of declaim
de·claim
D d - verb declaim If you declaim, you speak dramatically, as if you were acting in a theatre. 3
- verb declaim to make (a speech, statement, etc) loudly and in a rhetorical manner 3
- verb declaim to speak lines from (a play, poem, etc) with studied eloquence; recite 3
- verb declaim to protest (against) loudly and publicly 3
- intransitive verb declaim to recite a speech, poem, etc. with studied or artificial eloquence 3
- intransitive verb declaim to speak in a dramatic, pompous, or blustering way 3
- intransitive verb declaim to make an impassioned verbal attack; deliver a tirade 3
- verb transitive declaim to recite (a poem, speech, etc.) 3
- verb transitive declaim to utter with feeling, pomposity, etc. 3
- noun declaim Utter or deliver words or a speech in a rhetorical or impassioned way, as if to an audience. 1
- transitive verb declaim speak publicly 1
- transitive verb declaim proclaim, declare 1
- verb without object declaim to speak aloud in an oratorical manner; make a formal speech: Brutus declaimed from the steps of the Roman senate building. 1
- verb without object declaim to inveigh (usually followed by against): He declaimed against the high rents in slums. 1
- verb without object declaim to speak or write for oratorical effect, as without sincerity or sound argument. 1
- verb with object declaim to utter aloud in an oratorical manner: to declaim a speech. 1
- verb declaim To object to something vociferously; to rail against in speech. 0
- verb declaim To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant. 0
- verb declaim To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking. 0