DECRY
What does "DECRY" mean?
To publicly and strongly condemn or denounce something as wrong or bad.
Meanings
- To openly express strong disapproval of; to condemn. Editorials across the country decried the cut to school funding. formal
Did you know?
- Before it meant to denounce, 'decry' was a money term - to 'cry down' a coin was to proclaim its official value lowered, devaluing it by announcement.
Word origin
From French 'décrier' 'to cry down, discredit', from 'de-' 'down' plus 'crier' 'to cry, shout'; an original sense was to cry down the official value of a coin.
Remember it
To DECRY is to CRY against something - the verb literally hides the cry that condemns it.
A little poem
It's easy to decry from the back of the hall;
the harder voice is the one that builds at all.
couplet
Wordplay
- The town crier got demoted to town decrier - now he only shouts about what's wrong.
What it teaches
Anyone can decry the fire; the rarer person carries water.
Quick facts
What does DECRY mean?
To publicly and strongly condemn or denounce something as wrong or bad.
Is DECRY a valid word?
Yes — DECRY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DECRY?
DECRY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does DECRY come from?
From French 'décrier' 'to cry down, discredit', from 'de-' 'down' plus 'crier' 'to cry, shout'; an original sense was to cry down the official value of a coin.
What can DECRY teach us?
Anyone can decry the fire; the rarer person carries water.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.