Decry

Quick meaning: Decry is a verb meaning (transitive) To denounce as harmful.

Meaning

(transitive) To denounce as harmful.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To blame for ills.

Example Sentences

For London, Beeching decries the low fares, resulting in an inability to justify investment in capacity enhancement despite severe overcrowding.

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.

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.

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Word Forms

• decries
• decrying
• decried

Synonyms for decry

Depending on context, synonyms include condemn, excoriate, objurgate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include condemn, objurgate, excoriate, censure, denounce, reproach.

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