| word | declaim |
|---|---|
| definition | To speak in the formal manner of someone delivering a speech. |
| eg_sentence | Almost any opinion can sound convincing if it's declaimed loudly and with conviction. |
| explanation | Declaiming suggests an unnatural style of speech best suited to a stage or podium. Listening to an actor declaim a passage in a Shakespeare play can be enjoyable. Listening to Aunt Ida at Sunday dinner declaiming on the virtues of roughage might not be. Most people don't appreciate being treated as an audience, and good advice is usually more welcome when it's not given in a declamatory style |
| IPA | dɪˈkleɪm |
Tags: mwvb::unit:23, mwvb::unit:23:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki
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