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Antonyms for declaim

Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-kleym
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈkleɪm

Definition of declaim

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Middle French déclamer and directly from Latin declamare "to practice public speaking, to bluster," from de- intensive prefix + clamare "to cry, shout" (see claim (v.)). At first in English spelled declame, but altered under influence of claim. Related: Declaimed; declaiming.
  • verb proclaim; get on a soapbox
Example sentences :
  • He questioned me closely, how and where I had learned to declaim.
  • Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
  • Any one can declaim about these things, but I pin my faith to material interests.
  • Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
  • It is not enough to declaim oneself, or propose continually one's group.
  • Extract from : « Adventures in the Arts » by Marsden Hartley
  • In conversation he did not tend to declaim or monopolize the talk.
  • Extract from : « Victorian Worthies » by George Henry Blore
  • Rugge's arm was raised, not indeed to strike, but rather to declaim.
  • Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Usually silent and absorbed, it was not his gift to moralize or declaim.
  • Extract from : « The Last Of The Barons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • He did not declaim, yet when he spoke, an enduring sincerity which she could not deny was in his voice.
  • Extract from : « Coniston, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • Their speeches were not so long, and they did not declaim so vehemently.
  • Extract from : « Celebrated Travels and Travellers » by Jules Verne
  • Two students were selected to "declaim" the question and two to "argue" it.
  • Extract from : « The Life of John Marshall (Volume 1 of 4) » by Albert J. Beveridge
  • “Gantovski is to declaim this, and then subscribe it,” said Mashko.
  • Extract from : « Children of the Soil » by Henryk Sienkiewicz

Synonyms for declaim

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