0 present participle of declaim
1 to express something with strong feeling, especially in a loud voice or with forceful language:
[ + speech ] "The end of the world is at hand!" the poster declaimed.
She declaimed against the evils of capitalism.
The chorus enacts a variety of stylized rituals - clapping, stamping, processing around the performance space and declaiming multi-lingual texts to sections of the audience.
There are improvisatory elements, as well as extra-pianistic activities such as whistling, declaiming, drumming on the lid or frame of the instrument, and operating other sonic objects.
Macbeth is neither thinking nor feeling aloud; he is declaiming.
That was a prime example of the very things against which he had been declaiming.
He was then declaiming about the evils of the licensing authorities.
It is no good always criticising and declaiming unless we are prepared to make some suggestions even though they may not commend themselves.
They like declaiming on a large scale, but they are not at all good when it comes down to discussing detail.
I know it is of no use declaiming, but we want to know what can be done about it.
