Crossword clues for decried
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Decry \De*cry"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decried; p. pr. & vb. n. Decrying.] [F. d['e]crier, OF. descrier; pref. des- (L. dis-) + crier to cry. See Cry, and cf. Descry.] To cry down; to censure as faulty, mean, or worthless; to clamor against; to blame clamorously; to discredit; to disparage.
For small errors they whole plays decry.
--Dryden.
Measures which are extolled by one half of the kingdom
are naturally decried by the other.
--Addison.
Syn: To Decry, Depreciate, Detract, Disparage.
Usage: Decry and depreciate refer to the estimation of a thing, the former seeking to lower its value by clamorous censure, the latter by representing it as of little worth. Detract and disparage also refer to merit or value, which the former assails with caviling, insinuation, etc., while the latter willfully underrates and seeks to degrade it. Men decry their rivals and depreciate their measures. The envious detract from the merit of a good action, and disparage the motives of him who performs it.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-pastdecry)
WordNet
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Usage examples of "decried".
Jefferson was decried as a Jacobin, an atheist, and charged with cowardice for having fled Monticello from the British cavalry in 1781.
In Federalist pamphlets and newspapers, Jefferson was decried as a hopeless visionary, a weakling, an intriguer intoxicated with French philosophy, more a Frenchman than an American, and therefore a bad man.
In letters to the editor he was decried as a "pharisee of liberty," an "imposter.
Zeusman also decried the psychiatric sciences, so his attitude was at least consistently narrow-minded.
Reland Huxford, the Earl of Chadwick, had decried the possibility of a curse on one so fair and had rushed recklessly on with his courtship, heedless of the dire fates of those who had preceded him.
Maxim bade me to give you the news some time ago, but I decried the hurting of you.
Challenging programmes for the `gifted' are sometimes decried as `elitism'.
Giving credit for French and Irish cultural triumphs, advocating equal rights for them, was in effect decried in conservative circles as sentimental - unrealistic political correctness.
My love decried my heartlessness, my hate reviled me, that I dealt so lightly with my enemy.
Her least favorite columnist’s prissy face sneered above his usual malicious column, and a good many others decried the president’s “unwillingness” to answer questions, raised the possibility that Jane Doe might be either the president’s mistress or a foreign agent, or offered the idea that the whole thing had been done by special effects and that the president no doubt knew more than he admitted to knowing.
Inasmuch as they have frequently decried the shallowness of women who attempted to avoid pregnancy for mere career convenience, however, we are assured of their understanding.
They brought much-needed funds when ransomed, and though Elene would have decried the cost, Walter Avery had ordered Serle to barter for the missing men before meeting his fate.
Often enough she had decried his presence and threatened to kill him, but with her bare hands, not by hiring another to do the deed.