decry
Betekenis (Engels)
- (transitive) To denounce as harmful.
- (transitive) To blame for ills.
Sinonieme
disparage
denounce
speak slightingly of
speak disparagingly of
speak against
harsh on
cast aspersions upon
Vertalings
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/dɪˈkɹaɪ/
Etimologie (Engels)
C. 1600, from Middle French decrier (“to denigrate; depreciate”), from Old French descrier (“to shout”) (modern décrier). Doublet of descry. The pejorative meaning had not been present in the Middle English loan, but it was present in the French word from at least the 13th century, with a meaning of "to denigrate; depreciate; to announce the depreciation or suppression of a currency", presumably from the interpretation of de- as meaning "down, inferior".
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