decry

Meaning

1. (transitive) To denounce as harmful.
2. (transitive) To blame for ills.

Synonyms

disparage

denounce

belittle

depreciate

condemn

blame

run down

censure

criticize

defame

excoriate

malign

cry down

speak slightingly of

ridicule

traduce

deprecate

vilify

speak disparagingly of

denigrate

reprobate

badmouth

objurgate

calumniate

speak against

derogation

devalue

disapprove

discredit

animadvert

exclude

harsh on

fulminate

gossip

impeach

impute

inculpate

libel

cast aspersions upon

miscall

mock

pan

pooh-pooh

reject

reproach

reprove

revile

accuse

scarify

score

Translations

censurar

in Verruf bringen

décrier

dénigrer

batırmak

zemmetmek

kınamak

schlechtmachen

condenar

herabsetzen

criticar

desacreditar

διαβάλλω

κατηγορώ

ablehnen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈkɹaɪ/

Etymology

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".