Definitions for decry

decry de·cry

Spelling: [dih-krahy]
IPA: /dɪˈkraɪ/

Decry is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 48 anagrams from letters in decry (cdery).

Definitions for decry

verb (used with object)

  1. to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of:
  2. to condemn or depreciate by proclamation, as foreign or obsolete coins.

Origin of decry

1610-20; French décrier, Old French descrier. See dis-1, cry

Examples for decry

But their officers and shareholders do get hit up by the very same politicians who decry corporate involvement in politics.

The senator is just the latest public figure to decry student use of so-called study drugs without a formal diagnosis.

I do and will defend them: it is the fashion to decry them now.

So when Democrats decry money in politics are they really being serious, or are they just posturing?

A growing chorus of voices has joined together to decry this idea.

Not that we wish to decry England; on the contrary, we would like to return there.

To glorify labor and decry wealth is to multiply absurdities.

Woodson went on to decry those “corrupt” black politicians who were responsible for this as “moral traitors.”

How often, prythee, have you been in these playhouses which you are so ready to decry?'

To decry is to cry down, in some noisy, public, or conspicuous manner.

Word Value for decry
Scrable

11

Words with friends

11

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