decry Definition
de·cry (dē krī′)
decry Related Forms
de·cri′al noun
decry Synonyms
decry
v.
decry Usage Examples
Object
- bennett: An ability to powered by a decried bennett compared piece of uranium.
- lack: Some decry the lack of technique in free verse and in free verse criticism.
- fact: And he goes on to decry the fact that some American intellectuals no longer believe in America's role of defending the West.
- attempt: They are wary of public vigilance of their performance and decry most attempts to regulate them as an attack on freedom of expression.
- state: Sitting there, all offended like pre-menstrual teenage girls we decried the sorry state of regeneration Liverpool and put the world to rights.
- idea: Next time you decry the idea of blogging, think of how it could be relevant to the success of your business.
Used with why or when
- what: In essence he decried what Google are doing as a waste of time.
- when: This mode of arguing is one that Christians are fond of decrying when used by others against Christianity.
Adjective complement
communistic: Where is the party in opposition that has not been decried as communistic by its opponents in power?
Modifying Another Word
- not: I do not decry that I am a expert scientist.
- often: Cardiff's fans have often decried higher division opponents who rest key players and their fans for not supporting these matches.
- publicly: He has not been above funding and training terrorists such as the Al Aqsa Brigades while publicly decrying them in the past.
- much: That is the dictatorship so much decried, particularly by those who today dictate for capitalism.
- now: Contemptuous of the voting public, our politicians are largely responsible for creating the cynicism that they now decry.
- n't: The prophets were n't decrying the ritual of the temple.
Preposition: in
newsweek: The extra step we then reviewed decried in newsweek that provides us.
Browse dictionary entries near decry
- ‹ decriminalize
- ‹ decriminalization
- ‹ decretory
- ‹ decretal
- ‹ decrescent
- ‹ decrescendo
- ‹ decrepitude
- ‹ decrepitate
- ‹ decrepit
- ‹ decrement
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- Decryption or Decipher ›
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