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Showing words for DECLAIM using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Declaim

camelid, claimed, decimal, declaim, maliced, medical

6 Letter Words for Declaim

aldime, almice, amiced, calmed, decima, diacle, limace, macled, maelid, mailed, maleic, malice, medial, medica

5 Letter Words for Declaim

ailed, aimed, alcid, aldim, alice, amice, amide, cadie, calid, camel, clade, claim, clame, clead, cleam, clied, clima, clime, damie, decal, decil, delim, demal, demic, elaic, eliad, email, ideal, ileac, laced, lamed, limed, maced, macle, maile, malic, malie, medal, media, medic, melia, melic

4 Letter Words for Declaim

aced, acid, acle, acme, admi, aide, aiel, aile, alce, aldm, alec, alem, alme, amel, amic, amid, amie, amil, amli, cade, cadi, caid, calm, came, cami, cedi, ceil, cide, ciel, cima, clad, clam, cled, clem, dace, dail, dale, dali, dame, deal, decl, deia, deil, deli, demi, dial, diam, dice, diel, diem, dime, eadi, ecad, edam, eila, eild, emda, emic, iced, idea, idem, idle, ilea, lace, lade, laic, laid, lame, lead, leam, leda, lice, lied, lima, lime, mace, made, maed, maid, mail, male, mali, mead, meal, mela, meld, miae, mica, mice, mide, mila, mild, mile

3 Letter Words for Declaim

ace, adc, ade, adm, aid, ail, aim, alc, ald, ale, ame, ami, cad, cai, cal, cam, cel, cia, cid, cie, cli, cmd, cml, dae, dal, dam, dca, dea, dec, dei, del, dem, dia, die, dil, dim, dle, ead, eam, ecm, ela, eld, eli, elm, ice, ida, ide, ile, lac, lad, lai, lam, lca, lcd, lcm, lea, led, lei, lem, lid, lie, lim, mac, mad, mae, mal, mea, med, mei, mel, mia, mic, mid, mil

Definitions for Declaim

[1] to speak aloud in an oratorical manner; make a formal speech: Brutus declaimed from the steps of the Roman senate building.
[2] to inveigh (usually followed by against ): He declaimed against the high rents in slums.
[3] to speak or write for oratorical effect, as without sincerity or sound argument.
[4] to utter aloud in an oratorical manner: to declaim a speech.
[5] to make (a speech, statement, etc) loudly and in a rhetorical manner
[6] to speak lines from (a play, poem, etc) with studied eloquence; recite
[7] (intr foll by against ) to protest (against) loudly and publicly

Words related to Declaim

recite, orate, decry, spout, rail, denounce, declare, spiel, rant, attack, mouth, inveigh, perorate, lecture, proclaim, harangue, speak, bloviate, soapbox

Words nearby Declaim

decking, deckle, deckle edge, deckle-edged, decl., declaim, declamation, declamatory, declamping phenomenon, declarant, declaration

Origin of Declaim

1350–1400; Middle English declamen < Latin dēclāmāre, equivalent to dē- de- + clāmāre to cry, shout; see claim

Words that may be confused with Declaim

declaim, disclaim

Other words from Declaim

de·claim·er , noun
un·de·claimed , adjective
un·de·claim·ing , adjective

Word origin for Declaim

C14: from Latin dēclāmāre, from clāmāre to call out

Synonyms for Declaim

recite, attack, bloviate, declare, decry, denounce, harangue, inveigh, lecture, mouth, orate, perorate, proclaim, rail, rant, speak, spiel, spout, blow hot air, hold forth, pile it on, soapbox, talk big