DECRY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: decried

Present simple: I / you / we / they decry ... he / she / it decries

Past simple: decried

Past participle: decried

-ing form: decrying

Meaning:

Express strong disapproval of

Example:

These ideas were reprobated

Synonyms:

condemn; decry; excoriate; objurgate; reprobate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "decry" is one way to...):

denounce (speak out against)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something