denounce 

verb

1. publicly declare to be wrong or evil.

   "the Assembly denounced the use of violence"

   
   

   Similar:

   condemn

   criticize

   attack

   censure

   castigate

   decry

   revile

   vilify

   besmirch

   discredit

   damn

   reject

   proscribe

   find fault with

   cast aspersions on

   malign

   pour scorn on

   rail against

   inveigh against

   fulminate against

   declaim against

   give something a bad press

   run something down

   slur

   bad-mouth

   knock

   pan

   slam

   hammer

   blast

   hit out at

   lay into

   lace into

   pull to pieces

   pull apart

   savage

   maul

   slate

   slag off

   have a go at

   give some stick to

   rate

   slash

   reprobate

   vituperate

   excoriate

   arraign

   objurgate

   asperse

   anathematize

   animadvert on

   denunciate

   Opposite:

   praise

   • inform against.

     "some of his own priests denounced him to the King for heresy"

     Similar:

     expose

     betray

     inform against

     inform on

     incriminate

     implicate