decry
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French descrier (“to shout”), from des- (“out, away, off, down”) + crier (“to cry”); see cry.
Pronunciation
Verb
decry (third-person singular simple present decr, present participle ies, 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
to denounce as harmful
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to blame for ills
References
- Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 114
- “decry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “decry”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “decry”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.