decry

//dɪˈkraɪ//
C1Frequency Level 11Formal
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Verb

decryInfinitive
decryPresent tense
decriedPast tense
decriedPast participle
decryingPresent participle
decriesThird-person singular
1

To publicly denounce or criticize something as being wrong, bad, or worthless.

Many experts decry the new policy as harmful to the environment.

2

To express strong disapproval of something; to condemn openly.

Many experts decry the government's new policy on education.

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