Antonyms for decry

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dih-krahy

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈkraɪ

Definition of decry

Origin : 1610s, from French decrier (14c.; Old French descrier "cry out, announce"), from de- "down, out" (see de-) + crier "to cry," from Latin quiritare (see cry (v.)). In English, the sense has been colored by the presumption that de- in this word means "down."

verb criticize, blame

Example sentences :

How often, prythee, have you been in these playhouses which you are so ready to decry?'
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Not that we wish to decry England; on the contrary, we would like to return there.
Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay

To glorify labor and decry wealth is to multiply absurdities.
Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner

To decry is to cry down, in some noisy, public, or conspicuous manner.
Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald

I do and will defend them: it is the fashion to decry them now.
Extract from : « Beauchamp's Career, Complete » by George Meredith

Let us not because of this, disparage science, or decry the labors of its votaries.
Extract from : « The Articles of Faith » by James E. Talmage

It is easy to decry the weakness and detect the absurdity of such a creed.
Extract from : « Magic and Witchcraft » by Anonymous

But being jealous of Scipio they tried to decry his achievements.
Extract from : « The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2) » by Polybius

It has become the fashion lately to decry certain phases of his art.
Extract from : « Millet » by Percy Moore Turner

It has been the fashion of biographers to decry this gentleman.
Extract from : « The Real Shelley, Vol. I (of 2) » by John Cordy Jeaffreson

Synonyms for decry

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