decry

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.

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

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.

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

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Verb

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"