Decry Definition

dĭ-krī
decried, decries, decrying
verb
decried, decries, decrying
To condemn as wrong or reprehensible.
American Heritage
To speak out against strongly and openly; denounce.
To decry religious intolerance.
Webster's New World
To depreciate (money, etc.) officially.
Webster's New World
To depreciate (currency, for example) by official proclamation or by rumor.
American Heritage

To blame for ills.

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Origin of Decry

  • French décrier from Old French descrier des- de- crier to cry cry

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French descrier (“to shout”), from des- + crier (“to cry”); see cry.

    From Wiktionary

Decry Sentence Examples

  • I get angry when I see right wing moralists, like some here tonight, decry our relationships.

  • I do not decry that I am a expert scientist.

  • Animal activists decry this practice as unfair treatment of animals and demand that the shows be stopped in their tracks.

  • All, or almost all, the clever young men of the brilliant generation of 1830 passed under his influence; and, while he pleased the Romanticists by his frank appreciation of the beauties of English, German, Italian and Spanish poetry, he had not the least inclination to decry the classics - either the classics proper of Greece and Rome or the so-called classics of France.

  • As headlines decry the state of American education, there are plenty of volunteers who step up to the plate and help by tutoring, teaching or mentoring young people.

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