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declaim
[ dih-kleym ]
verb (used without object)
- to speak aloud in an oratorical manner; make a formal speech:
Brutus declaimed from the steps of the Roman senate building.
- to inveigh (usually followed by against ):
He declaimed against the high rents in slums.
- to speak or write for oratorical effect, as without sincerity or sound argument.
verb (used with object)
- to utter aloud in an oratorical manner:
to declaim a speech.
declaim
/ ɪˈɪ /
verb
- to make (a speech, statement, etc) loudly and in a rhetorical manner
- to speak lines from (a play, poem, etc) with studied eloquence; recite
- intrfoll byagainst to protest (against) loudly and publicly
Derived Forms
- ˈ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·İ noun
- ܲd· adjective
- ܲd·iԲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of declaim1
Example Sentences
He gradually awakens to the need to fight Saruman, declaiming phrases of weary resolution like “Let them come” and “So it begins.”
As interviewees chatter and declaim, Macdonald regularly cuts to runway imagery, which is certainly more enjoyable than enduring Galliano’s prejudices.
Yet, as Izzard darts around the stage, from role to role, hopscotching in and out of the audience declaiming speeches, what becomes clear is this frenetic staging is earnest, surprisingly traditional and deadly serious.
Filled with men and women with furrowed brows, running and declaiming and sometimes explosively blowing their tops, the movie yearns to be a 1970s-style American thriller but is basically just a vehicle for Huppert’s talents.
“Oh Allah make it easy for them to reach there, and bless us with the death of a martyr,” he declaimed, his voice reverberating through the mosque’s loudspeakers.
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