Decry

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /dɪˈkɹaɪ/
• US
• Rhymes: -aɪ

Origin

From Old French descrier ("to shout"), from des- + crier ("to cry"); see cry.

Full definition of decry

Verb

1. (transitive) To denounce as harmful.
• 1970, Alvin Toffler, Future Shock, Bantam Books, pg. 99: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.
• 1970, Alvin Toffler, Future Shock, Bantam Books, pg. 474: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.
2. (transitive) To blame for ills.

Anagrams

• cyder