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DECRY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: decried   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Express strong disapproval of

Example:

These ideas were reprobated

Synonyms:

condemn; decry; excoriate; objurgate; reprobate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "decry" is one way to...):

denounce (speak out against)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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