declaiming
present participle ofdeclaim
declaim
verb[IorT]
formaluk/dɪˈkleɪm/us/dɪˈkleɪm/toexpresssomething withstrongfeeling,especiallyin aloudvoiceor withforcefullanguage:
[+ speech]"The end of theworldis athand!" theposterdeclaimed.
She declaimedagainsttheevilsofcapitalism.
Ways of talking
- beg the questionidiom
- blah
- blether
- blither
- coo
- declaim
- declamatory
- gabble
- loose
- mumble
- pipe
- ramble
- rattle on/away
- stage whisper
- talk trashidiom
- throwyourvoiceidiom
- trash
- trill
- word salad
- yak
Examplesofdeclaiming
declaiming
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The chorus enacts a variety of stylized rituals - clapping, stamping, processing around the performance space anddeclaimingmulti-lingual texts to sections of the audience.
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There are improvisatory elements, as well as extra-pianistic activities such as whistling,declaiming, drumming on the lid or frame of the instrument, and operating other sonic objects.
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Macbeth is neither thinking nor feeling aloud; he isdeclaiming.
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That was a prime example of the very things against which he had beendeclaiming.
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He was thendeclaimingabout the evils of the licensing authorities.
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It is no good always criticising anddeclaimingunless we are prepared to make some suggestions even though they may not commend themselves.
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They likedeclaimingon a large scale, but they are not at all good when it comes down to discussing detail.
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I know it is of no usedeclaiming, but we want to know what can be done about it.
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He isdeclaimingabout this matter being non-political.
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Declaimingdoes not save one whale.
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Ministers have become past masters in the art ofdeclaimingthat their changes are intended to put more power into the hands of local people.
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He discovered that a poet could achieve a deeper poetic effect by not shouting ordeclaiming, or repeating himself, by avoiding bombast and grandiloquence.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Although she begs and pleads,declaimingher love, he stands firm.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The elf maidens are paraded as potential brides,declaimingtheir most notable talents.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Luther is portrayed as standing before the emperor and the princesdeclaiminga portion of his notorious tract.
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- anti-religious
- anti-religious
- anti-Republican
- anti-republican
- antiretroviral
- anti-retroviral drug
- anti-retroviral therapy
- anti-revolutionary
- anti-revolutionary
- anti-riot
- anti-riot
- anti-ritualism
- anti-ritualism
- anti-rock
- anti-rock
- anti-roll
- anti-roll
- anti-romantic
- anti-romantic
- anti-romanticism
- anti-romanticism
- anti-royalist
- anti-royalist
- antirrhinum
- anti-rust