decry
verb (used with object)
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of.
decrier
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a word derived from
decry.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Bogle has been a public decrier of hedge funds and so-called active mutual funds that charge hefty fees and try to pick certain stocks to beat the market, calling it a "loser's game."
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2013
"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 Goold Brown
Behind the decrier of mariners were men with other shovels, hoes, and pickaxes—listening.
From The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul by Holman Day
He is a decrier, sir; nothing ever fully pleases him.
From Horace Chase by Constance Fenimore Woolson
"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 Goold Brown
