Dictionary Entry
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
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- 1transitive verb
To cry down; to censure as faulty, mean, or worthless; to clamor against; to blame clamorously; to discredit; to disparage.
- 2verb
express strong disapproval of
"We condemn the racism in South Africa"
"These ideas were reprobated"
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