Declaiming
71declaim — verb 1) a preacher declaiming from the pulpit Syn: make a speech, give an address, give a lecture, deliver a sermon; speak, hold forth, orate, preach, lecture, sermonize, moralize; informal sound off, spout, speechify, preachify 2) …
72banter — vb Banter, chaff, kid, rag, rib, josh, jolly are comparable when denoting to make fun of good naturedly (as by reminding one of an actual fault, foible, failure, or shortcoming, by exaggerated praise obviously remote from the truth, or by playful …
73declaim — UK [dɪˈkleɪm] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms declaim : present tense I/you/we/they declaim he/she/it declaims present participle declaiming past tense declaimed past participle declaimed formal to say something, especially in a… …
74declamation — dec•la•ma•tion [[t]ˌdɛk ləˈmeɪ ʃən[/t]] n. 1) rht the act or art of declaiming 2) rht exercise in oratory or elocution, as in the recitation of a classic speech 3) rht speech or writing for oratorical effect • Etymology: 1350–1400; < L …
75declamation — /dɛkləˈmeɪʃən/ (say dekluh mayshuhn) noun 1. the act or art of declaiming. 2. an exercise in oratory or elocution. 3. speech or writing for oratorical effect. {Latin dēclāmātiōn , stem of dēclāmātio} …
76recitation — [n] reading to audience address, appeal, declaiming, delivery, discourse, discoursing, discussion, exercise, holding forth, lecture, monologue, narrating, narration, oration, passage, performance, piece, playing, proclamation, recital, recounting …
77declamation — ► NOUN ▪ the action or art of declaiming …
78declamation — [dek΄lə mā′shən] n. [ME declamacioun < L declamatio < pp. of DECLAIM] 1. the act or art of declaiming 2. a speech, poem, etc. that is or can be declaimed …
79declamatory — [dē klam′ə tôr΄ē, diklam′ə tôr΄ē] adj. [L declamatorius] 1. of, or characterized by, declaiming 2. marked by passion or pomposity; bombastic …
80elocution — [el΄ə kyo͞o′shən] n. [ME ellocucioun < L elocutio < pp. of eloqui: see ELOQUENT] 1. style or manner of speaking or reading in public 2. the art of public speaking or declaiming: now often associated with a studied or artificial style of… …
