decrial

American  

[dih-krahy-uhl] / dɪˈkraɪ əl /

noun

1. the act of decrying; noisy censure.

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Etymology

Origin of decrial

First recorded in 1705–15; decry + -al ²

Example Sentences

"Cry, cried, crying, crier, cryer, decried, decrier, decrial; Shy, shyly, shily, shyness, shiness; Fly, flier, flyer, high-flyer; Sly, slily, slyly, sliness, slyness; Ply, plyer, plying, pliers, complied, compiler; Dry, drier, dryer, dryly, dryness."

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

"Cry, cries, crying, cried, crier, decrial; Shy, shyer, shyest, shyly, shyness; Fly, flies, flying, flier, high-flier; Sly, slyer, slyest, slyly, slyness; Spy, spies, spying, spied, espial; Dry, drier, driest, dryly, dryness."

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

Griswold's decrial and slander turned the current in his favor.

From The Raven by Poe, Edgar Allan

"Cry, crier, decrier, decrial; Shy, shily, shyly, shiness, shyness; Fly, flier, flyer, high-flier; Sly, slily, slyly, sliness, slyness; Ply, pliers, plyers, plying, complier; Dry, drier, dryer, dryly, dryness."

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold