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afkeuren — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • criticize verb To point out faults or problems in something or someone.
  • denounce verb To publicly criticize or condemn someone or something as wrong.
  • deprecate verb To express disapproval of, protest or plead against.
  • disallow verb To refuse to allow.
  • disapprove verb To think something is wrong or unacceptable (usually followed by "of").
  • proscribe verb To forbid or prohibit.

Senses

afkeuren is used for these senses in English:

  • criticize To find fault (with something).
  • denounce (transitive, obsolete) To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.
  • denounce (transitive) To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension, etc.; to openly accuse or condemn in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize; to blame.
  • denounce (transitive, obsolete) To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.
  • deprecate (transitive) To express disapproval of, protest or plead against.
  • disallow To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper.
  • disapprove (intransitive) To condemn; to consider wrong or inappropriate; used with of.
  • proscribe (transitive) To denounce.

denounce — full definition

  1. verb To publicly criticize or condemn someone or something as wrong.
  2. verb To formally accuse or inform against someone.

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