to decry
31
7.7
- verb
- /dɪˈkraɪ/
- Formal
:
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- In fact, some advocates decry such programs as a form of slavery.
- loudly decry
- often decry
- decry the lack
So a lot of people are kind of decrying the commodification of the Trail Ultra World.
- So a lot of people are kind of decrying the commodification of the Trail Ultra World.
- And people decry me and laugh about my spiritual beliefs, but that's fine.
- Only now, three years into his tenure, is he reverting to some of the Trump era policies that he decried as inhuman.
- Since the book went to press, Ulbricht has gotten a life sentence and you know, that's a punishment that was widely decried as as unfair.
- And the hypothesis of atoms was at first decried as pseudoscience because one could not at the time observe atoms.
- Many mental health professionals have decried social media as a tool that's designed to induce envy in other people.
- And so I wouldn't, I wouldn't sort of like decry or denounce any comedian.
- People who expected me to to lambast it and and decry the Furby.
- And the other side feels as if they cannot challenge it, lest they be decried by others around them is right wing.
- So when myself, you know, when I decry stocks or if Robert, I won't put words in his mouth, but if he decries stocks, risk is about control.
- Well, the cure of that is a pill, which I wholeheartedly decry anything that gives it if then statement for happiness.
- Yeah, Flinders Petrie always decried this and and and he was always admonishing people for this because he'd said it's literally, it was.
Examples
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Saudi Arabia and Bahrain decry Iranian expansionism and fear Tehran's interference in their internal affairs.
Academic text (2008) -
Both Congress and the national press decried Jessup's tactics.
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Since Dewey's time, education leaders have continued to decry the need for a more actively engaged, thinking student body.
Academic text (2015) -
In light of the scandal, scientists decry the experiment as a farce, and the project is ultimately shut down.
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Although U.S. business leaders lauded the decision, human rights groups decried the Clinton administration for succumbing to economic pressure.
Academic text (1999) -
Historians justifiably decry the ethnocentrism of colonial and other forms of assimilative education.
Academic text (1999) -
Traditionalists decried the woman cyclist, who no longer had a chaperone to protect her from a stranger's advances.
Academic text (2012) -
Indeed, Orwell was Fanon's counterpart, decrying privilege and tyranny from the top half of the ladder.
Academic text (1994) -
During political campaigns, candidates routinely decry the influence of big money on politics.
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In light of the scandal, scientists decry the experiment as a farce, leading to its shutdown.
Synonyms
701
3.3
To say what is wrong with someone or something
298
4.0
To strongly criticize someone or something publicly
115
6.8
Publicly criticize someone or something strongly
61
5.3
To strongly criticize someone in public
44
4.1
Publicly say you are strongly against something or someone
40
3.6
To show in public that you strongly disagree with something
33
6.1
To tell someone they did something wrong, usually by a person in charge
26
7.7
To express strong disapproval of someone, often in an official statement
15
4.2
To say in public that you do not support something
12
8.2
To criticize someone very strongly and angrily
9
9.8
To criticize someone or something very harshly in public
7
9.3
To criticize someone publicly to make them feel ashamed
2
9.9
To speak or write strongly against something
1
7.6
Criticize someone or something, often in public
1
8.0
To criticize someone or something very strongly in public
1
6.7
To criticize someone or something strongly in public
1
9.9
Angrily criticize someone or something
1
9.9
To scold someone strongly for doing something wrong
To say strongly that someone or something is wrong
To criticize someone or something sharply in public
To say bad things about someone in public to make them feel ashamed
Antonyms
How Critical
43
7.9
- Formal
115
6.8
- Formal
31
7.7
701
3.3
951
1.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Decry comes from old parts de- meaning 'down' or 'away' and cry meaning 'to shout', so it originally meant to 'cry down' something. That's why to decry today is to publicly shout against or strongly criticize someone or something.