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
Your editorial decries the sentencing “a profound injustice.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
In one of the controversial tweets, Gascón herself decries the academy’s own initiatives in language Musk would applaud.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 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
