abuse, belittle, cast blame upon, cry out against, denounce, devaluate, disgrace, impugn, mark down, reprobate, take from, write off
Definitionv. express strong disapproval of
Last update: August 15, 2015
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Some decry the lack of technique in free verse and in free verse criticism. [verb]
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And he goes on to decry the fact that some American intellectuals no longer believe in America 's role of defending the West. [verb]
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He could not at first believe that such a work came from America, and said it must have been fabricated by his enemies at Paris, to decry his system. [verb]
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All, or almost all, the clever young men of the brilliant generation of 1830 passed under his influence; and, while he pleased the Romanticists by his frank appreciation of the beauties of English, German, Italian and Spanish poetry, he had not the least inclination to decry the classics - either the classics proper of Greece and Rome or the so-called classics of France. [Please select]
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She paused a moment, and then added: "Not that I would decry loveliness of person child." [Please select]
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But the vendor was proof against all such attempts to decry his goods. [Please select]
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To conform to the social standards of those who decry her virtue. [Please select]
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And let no reader think that I wish here to decry R. [Please select]
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"Far be it from me to decry the holy state of matrimony, Mrs." [Please select]
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I do not mean to decry them, but the reborn are lifted far above them by the subversion of the will by which our will is submitted to God's.' [Please select]
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It is the fashion to decry labor-saving devices in the house, because they do away with that sign of pecuniary ability, the capped and aproned maid. [Please select]
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