decry
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French descrier (“to shout”), from des- + crier (“to cry”); see cry.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
decry (third-person singular simple present decries, present participle decrying, simple past and past participle decried)
- (transitive) To denounce as harmful.
- 1970, Alvin Toffler, Future Shock, Bantam Books, pg. 99:
- All of us seem to need some totalistic relationships in our lives. But to decry the fact that we cannot have only such relationships is nonsense.
- 1970, Alvin Toffler, Future Shock, Bantam Books, pg. 474:
- While decrying bureaucracy and demanding participatory democracy they, themselves, frequently attempt to manipulate the very group of workers, blacks or students on whose behalf they demand participation.
- 1970, Alvin Toffler, Future Shock, Bantam Books, pg. 99:
- (transitive) To blame for ills.
Translations[edit]
to denounce as harmful
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References[edit]
- Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 114
- decry in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- decry in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- decry at OneLook Dictionary Search
