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(dĭ-krī') 
tr.v., -cried, -cry·ing, -cries.
tr.v., -cried, -cry·ing, -cries.
- To condemn openly.
- To depreciate (currency, for example) by official proclamation or by rumor.
[French décrier, from Old French descrier : des-, de- + crier, to cry; see cry.]
decrier de·cri'er n.SYNONYMS decry, disparage, depreciate, derogate, belittle, minimize, downgrade. These verbs mean to think, write, or speak of as being of little value or importance. Decry implies open denunciation or condemnation: A staunch materialist, he decries economy. Disparage often implies the communication of a low opinion by indirection: Many critics disparage psychoanalysis as being a pseudoscience. To depreciate is to assign a lower than customary value to someone or something: Some musicologists depreciate Liszt's compositions. Derogate implies a detraction that impairs: People often derogate what they don't understand. Belittle and minimize mean to make less important, but minimize strongly implies the minimum level: He belittled the child's attempts to draw. She tried to minimize my accomplishment. To downgrade is to minimize in importance or estimation: Her rival downgraded the painting, calling it decorative but superficial.
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Fowler's Modern English Usage:
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decry, descry
are related in origin but now have widely different meanings. To decry something is to disparage or deplore it
(She decries the spread of tower blocks and the failure to turn derelict sites into green spaces—Evening Standard, 2007); to descry is a somewhat literary word meaning to catch sight of a person or thing in the distance
(Her thoughts were brought to an abrupt end, as she descried two figures on their way up the path—J. Ashe, 1993).
| decrease, decoy, decor | |
| deducible, deductible, deduction, induction, deem |
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v
Definition: criticize, blame
Antonyms: applaud, compliment, exalt, laud, praise
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IN BRIEF: To express disrespect and scorn for; to disapprove of or condemn.
The outspoken park ranger began to publicly decry those who were causing the lake to become polluted.
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categories related to 'decry'
- Judgments Pro and Con - decry: belittle
- Disapproval, Disrespect, and Denial - decry: (vb) express strong disapproval of
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - rakke ned på, nedvurdere, fordømme
Français (French)
v. tr. - décrier, dénigrer, déprécier
Deutsch (German)
v. - herummäkeln an
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αποδοκιμάζω (δημόσια), στηλιτεύω
Português (Portuguese)
v. - censurar, depreciar
Русский (Russian)
обличать, обесценивать
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - desacreditar, rebajar, censurar
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - nedvärdera, racka ned på
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
责难, 诋毁, 诽谤
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 責難, 詆毀, 誹謗
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 비방하다, (화폐 등의) 평가를 저하시키다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 非難する, 悪く言う
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) ينتقد بقسوة رسميا أو علانيا, ينقص من قيمه شئ قيم أو مفيد, يستنكر
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - גינה, זלזל ב-
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