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Definition of decry in English: decryverbdecrying, decries, decried dɪˈkrʌɪdəˈkraɪ [with object]Publicly denounce. they decried human rights abuses Example sentencesExamples - What better argument exists for decrying the acts of despots?
- Critics have decried this outcome, saying it would raise the government's annual deficit.
- Then she's at a public hearing, decrying the woman who dared to take her husband to task for sexually abusing their daughters.
- Conservative MEPs have already decried the move as a crude attempt to sway public opinion towards a yes vote.
- The group also decried the lack of critical press treatment in this country.
- But when the people decrying the lack of data are the same people blocking all attempts to get it, I get mad.
- The bill's critics decried it as a denigration of traditional marriage.
- In 1656 his Provincial Letters decried the abuse of casuistry by Jesuits in Paris.
- Critics decry episodes such as this one as egregious examples of a general bias in the obesity research community.
- Any sort of naturalism was decried as an attack on theistic belief.
- Not that I am decrying the ability of those chosen.
- And far from decrying the impact of the internet, Taylor maintains it will ‘provide phenomenal growth to our industry’.
- Borges denounced Hitler almost from the start, decrying the arrival of Nazism as a catastrophe for German culture.
- Critics also decry the political consequences of challenging the sanctity of wilderness.
- If we are to decry the activities of professionals paid to protest public policy we should identify who they really are.
- I am committed to doing my part to publicly decry a destructive repetition of history.
- Plenty of critics have decried the flood of World War II games at one point or another.
- Then they will decry human rights abuses in other countries.
- He decried it as an attack on the international working class, and encouraged all workers to refuse to go.
- On what basis can one justify one while decrying the other?
Synonyms denounce, condemn, criticize, censure, damn, attack, fulminate against, rail against, inveigh against, blame, carp at, cavil at, run down, pillory, rap, lambaste, deplore, disapprove of, vilify, execrate, revile disparage, deprecate, discredit, derogate, cast aspersions on informal slam, slate, blast, knock, snipe at, do a hatchet job on, hold forth against, come down on, pull to pieces, tear to shreds formal excoriate, animadvert rare asperse
Derivatives noun The decriers of greed, privilege, and degeneracy and champions of economic equality are forcefully rebutted in turn. Example sentencesExamples - Sadly, I now have more sympathy for the average embattled professional than his or her decrier.
- These theological doubters and decriers had questioned John the Baptist about the validity of his mission.
- On close examination, the charges of the Roosevelt decriers fall apart.
- Walter is an appreciator and a describer, not an advocate and a decrier.
Origin Early 17th century (in the sense 'decrease the value of coins by royal proclamation'): from de- 'down' + cry, on the pattern of French décrier 'cry down'. cry from Middle English: The word cry is first recorded with the meanings ‘ask for earnestly’, ‘ask for loudly’. It comes via French from Latin quiritare ‘raise a public outcry’, literally ‘call on the Quirites (Roman citizens) for help’. Early examples of cry centre around sound—sometimes in sorrow or distress. The association with tears is recorded from around the mid 16th century. Decry (early 17th century) originally had the sense ‘decrease the value of coins by royal proclamation’.
Definition of decry in US English: decryverbdəˈkrīdəˈkraɪ [with object]Publicly denounce. they decried human rights abuses Example sentencesExamples - He decried it as an attack on the international working class, and encouraged all workers to refuse to go.
- But when the people decrying the lack of data are the same people blocking all attempts to get it, I get mad.
- Then she's at a public hearing, decrying the woman who dared to take her husband to task for sexually abusing their daughters.
- In 1656 his Provincial Letters decried the abuse of casuistry by Jesuits in Paris.
- Any sort of naturalism was decried as an attack on theistic belief.
- Not that I am decrying the ability of those chosen.
- Plenty of critics have decried the flood of World War II games at one point or another.
- Critics decry episodes such as this one as egregious examples of a general bias in the obesity research community.
- Critics have decried this outcome, saying it would raise the government's annual deficit.
- And far from decrying the impact of the internet, Taylor maintains it will ‘provide phenomenal growth to our industry’.
- The bill's critics decried it as a denigration of traditional marriage.
- I am committed to doing my part to publicly decry a destructive repetition of history.
- The group also decried the lack of critical press treatment in this country.
- What better argument exists for decrying the acts of despots?
- Conservative MEPs have already decried the move as a crude attempt to sway public opinion towards a yes vote.
- Borges denounced Hitler almost from the start, decrying the arrival of Nazism as a catastrophe for German culture.
- If we are to decry the activities of professionals paid to protest public policy we should identify who they really are.
- On what basis can one justify one while decrying the other?
- Critics also decry the political consequences of challenging the sanctity of wilderness.
- Then they will decry human rights abuses in other countries.
Synonyms denounce, condemn, criticize, censure, damn, attack, fulminate against, rail against, inveigh against, blame, carp at, cavil at, run down, pillory, rap, lambaste, deplore, disapprove of, vilify, execrate, revile
Origin Early 17th century (in the sense ‘decrease the value of coins by royal proclamation’): from de- ‘down’ + cry, on the pattern of French décrier ‘cry down’. |