| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To censure, condemn, criticize, animadvert or reprimand.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb decry.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (decry) | 1. Express strong disapproval of.[Wordnet]. 2. To cry down; to censure as faulty, mean, or worthless; to clamor against; to blame clamorously; to discredit; to disparage.[Websters]. 3. Base verb from the following inflections: decrying, decried, decries, decrier, decriers, decryingly and decriedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "DECRYING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Specialty Definition: decry
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To cry down; to censure as faulty, mean or worthless; to clamor against; to discredit by finding fault; as, to decry a poem.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Verb] (transitive) To blame for ills. (references) | 2: [Verb] (transitive) To denounce as harmful. (references) | |
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