decry
verb (used with object)
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of.
decries
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present tense formof decry (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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While Erika decries “retro sex negativity,” Elliot stammers, “My peers have not been well-served growing up in a time where nothing feels safe or OK.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
But the homeless estimates Pratt decries aren’t something those two have cooked up in a boardroom.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026
She criticizes helicopter parenting, decries remote work and tells women they should be willing to “piss people off” in order to be good leaders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
It also decries the government’s freezing of $584 million in research grant funding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2025
Better Joe hath suggested some specific remedies, which Isaac the Joiner decries loudly as the cant of heathenish superstition; and indeed, one wonders at the applications of bone.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
