decry

Verb

Meaning

To cry down; to censure as faulty, mean, or worthless; to clamor against; to blame clamorously; to discredit; to disparage.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

condemn detract disparage depreciate reprobate objurgate excoriate pooh attack object slam deflate minify rail abuse
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Antonyms

revere slav back colour celebrate praise
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Hypernyms

denounce

Phrases with the word

to decry

Derivatives

decried decrying

Anagrams

cedry cyder

Examples

Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation. Adlai Stevenson II

The point is, we can decry the dangers we face or ignore them or even allow ourselves to be paralyzed by fear. Ben Carson

Let the League of Nations say whatever it pleases, let America offer whatever interference, let China decry Japan's action at the top of her voice, but Japan must adhere to her course unswervingly. Sadao Araki

We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced. Herbert Spencer

I decry the current tendency to seek patents on algorithms. There are better ways to earn a living than to prevent other people from making use of one's contributions to computer science. Donald Knuth

For over two thousand years it has been the custom among earnest moralists to decry happiness as something degraded and unworthy. Bertrand Russell

Close letter words and terms

decruncher decrust decrustation decrying decryingly decrypt