decry
verb (used with object)
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of.
am decrying
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present progressiveof decry (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Don't for a moment think that I am decrying business or prosperity in this speech.
From Time Magazine Archive
But you shan't have to fear that I am decrying you.
From New Grub Street by George Gissing
Do not, my young friend, suppose I am decrying your eagerness to know.
From Leaves in the Wind by A. G. (Alfred George) Gardiner
Do not think I am decrying a classical education; and, as the daughter of a great mathematician, it is not likely that I should underrate mathematics as a mental discipline.
From The Power of Womanhood, or Mothers and Sons A Book For Parents, And Those In Loco Parentis by Ellice Hopkins
Do not think I am decrying the convent—far be from me such a thing!
From Old Mission Stories of California by Charles Franklin Carter
