declamation
noun [C or U] /ˌdek.ləˈmeɪ.ʃən/ formalDefinition
› a strong statement or an occasion when you express something with a lot of feeling: He subjected us to half an hour of impassioned declamation against the new motorway. Declamations against the press are common enough.Ways of talking
(Definition of declamation noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- -mouthed suffix
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- croon verb
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- drone on phrasal verb
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- murmur verb (SPEAK QUIETLY)
- pipe verb (SPEAK)
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