Synonyms for decry
Definitions
- v. 1
To denounce as harmful.
Related words
- Word family
- decrial
Forms
- Past participle
- decried
e.g. decried → denounced, condemned, vilified, excoriated…
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To decry is to cry down, in some noisy, public, or conspicuous manner.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- condemn Would you condemn your friend for the same thing?
- accuse Do people ever accuse you of being self-indulgent?
- denounce The alterglobalists denounce growing inequalities.
By length
- 5 letters
- blame1
- 6 letters
- accuse2, defame2, vilify3
- 7 letters
- condemn2, slander2, detract2, censure2, traduce
- 8 letters
- denounce2, belittle3, derogate
- 9 letters
- criticize3, discredit3, criticise, disparage3, reprobate3, deprecate3, excoriate4, objurgate
- 10 letters
- depreciate4, vituperate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (accuse2 = 2 syllables).
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