decry

decry is a 5-letter English word with 2 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cry down; to censure as faulty, mean, or worthless; to clamor against; to blame clamorously; to discredit; to disparage. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 11 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To cry down; to censure as faulty, mean, or worthless; to clamor against; to blame clamorously; to discredit; to disparage.
2. verb. express strong disapproval of

   "We condemn the racism in South Africa"

   "These ideas were reprobated"

   Synonyms: condemn, excoriate, objurgate, reprobate

Synonyms

condemn, excoriate, objurgate, reprobate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in decry:

cedry, cyder

Common word forms

decried, decrier, decries, decrying

Words from these letters

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