Decry
[dɪ'kraɪ]
Definition
(v. t.) To cry down; to censure as faulty, mean, or worthless; to clamor against; to blame clamorously; to discredit; to disparage.
Typed by Barnaby
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Disparage, depreciate, discredit, condemn, traduce, cry down, run down, bring into disrepute, bring discredit on.
Inputed by Doris
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Depreciate, traduce, vituperate, disparage, defame, vilify, derogate, detract,censure, abase, denounce
ANT:Extol, laud, praise, eulogize, panegyrize
Editor: Noreen
Definition
v.t. to cry down: to condemn: to censure as worthless: to blame:—pa.p. decried′.—ns. Decrī′al; Decrī′er.
Typist: Lolita
Examples
- It has been the practice of recent writers to decry the philosophical discussion of the medi?val schoolmen as tedious and futile. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The routineer is, of course, the first to decry every radical proposal as against human nature. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Don't decry your own brother, my dear. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Let it be understood that I am not decrying the great nourishment which a living tradition offers. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Editor: Whitney