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de·cry  (d-kr)

tr.v. de·cried, de·cry·ing, de·cries

1. To condemn openly.

2. To depreciate (currency, for example) by official proclamation or by rumor.

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[French décrier, from Old French descrier : des-, de- + crier, to cry; see cry.]

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de·crier n.

Synonyms: decry, disparage, depreciate, derogate, belittle, minimize, downgrade
These verbs mean to think, write, or speak of as being of little value or importance. Decry implies open denunciation or condemnation: A staunch materialist, he decries economy.
Disparage often implies the communication of a low opinion by indirection: Many critics disparage psychoanalysis as being a pseudoscience.
To depreciate is to assign a lower than customary value to someone or something: Some musicologists depreciate Liszt's compositions.
Derogate implies a detraction that impairs: People often derogate what they don't understand.
Belittle and minimize mean to make less important, but minimize strongly implies the minimum level: He belittled the child's attempts to draw. She tried to minimize my accomplishment.
To downgrade is to minimize in importance or estimation: Her rival downgraded the painting, calling it decorative but superficial.

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decry [dɪˈkraɪ]

vb -cries, -crying, -cried (tr)

1. to express open disapproval of; disparage

2. (Economics) to depreciate by proclamation to decry obsolete coinage

[from Old French descrier, from des- dis¹ + crier to cry]

decrial  n

decrier  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

decry - express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" condemn, excoriate, objurgate, reprobate denounce - speak out against; "He denounced the Nazis"

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decry

verb condemn, blame, abuse, blast, flame (informal), denounce, put down, criticize, run down, discredit, censure, detract, denigrate, belittle, disparage, rail against, depreciate, tear into (informal), diss (slang, chiefly U.S.), lambast(e), traduce, excoriate, derogate, cry down, asperse He is impatient with those who decry the scheme.

Translations

decry [dɪˈkraɪ] VT (= strongly criticize) → criticar, censurar; (= belittle) → menospreciar

decry

vt → schlechtmachen

decry [dɪˈkraɪ] vt (frm) → condannare, deplorare

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decry [dɪˈkraɪ] vt (frm) → condannare, deplorare