decry
pronunciation
How to pronounce decry in British English:
UK [dɪˈkraɪ]
How to pronounce decry in American English:
US [dɪˈkraɪ]
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- Verb:
- express strong disapproval of
Word Origin
- decry (v.)
- 1610s, from French decrier (14c.; Old French descrier "cry out, announce"), from de- "down, out" (see de-) + crier "to cry," from Latin quiritare (see cry (v.)). In English, the sense has been colored by the presumption that de- in this word means "down."
Example
- 1. I write about companies who decry regulation and calculate potential losses .
- 2. Let 's look at the arguments usually advanced by those who decry it .
- 3. One tactic the investigators decry is the use of the " patent cluster " .
- 4. Rising nations may decry us imperialism and european meddling and resent the west 's innate sense of its own superiority .
- 5. It goes to great lengths to highlight its contribution to the defeat of japan in the second world war and is quick to decry any perceived slight .