Associations to the word «Decry»

Wiktionary

DECRY, verb. (transitive) To denounce as harmful.
DECRY, verb. (transitive) To blame for ills.

Dictionary definition

DECRY, verb. Express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope