Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to decry
Participle: decried
Gerund: decrying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | decry |
| you | decry |
| he;she;it | decries |
| we | decry |
| you | decry |
| they | decry |
Perfect
| I | have decried |
| you | have decried |
| he;she;it | has decried |
| we | have decried |
| you | have decried |
| they | have decried |
Past
| I | decried |
| you | decried |
| he;she;it | decried |
| we | decried |
| you | decried |
| they | decried |
Pluperfect
| I | had decried |
| you | had decried |
| he;she;it | had decried |
| we | had decried |
| you | had decried |
| they | had decried |
Future
| I | will decry |
| you | will decry |
| he;she;it | will decry |
| we | will decry |
| you | will decry |
| they | will decry |
Future Perfect
| I | will have decried |
| you | will have decried |
| he;she;it | will have decried |
| we | will have decried |
| you | will have decried |
| they | will have decried |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | decry |
| you | decry |
| he;she;it | decry |
| we | decry |
| you | decry |
| they | decry |
Perfect
| I | have decried |
| you | have decried |
| he;she;it | have decried |
| we | have decried |
| you | have decried |
| they | have decried |
Imperfect
| I | decried |
| you | decried |
| he;she;it | decried |
| we | decried |
| you | decried |
| they | decried |
Pluperfect
| I | had decried |
| you | had decried |
| he;she;it | had decried |
| we | had decried |
| you | had decried |
| they | had decried |
Conditional
Present
| I | would decry |
| you | would decry |
| he;she;it | would decry |
| we | would decry |
| you | would decry |
| they | would decry |
Perfect
| I | would have decried |
| you | would have decried |
| he;she;it | would have decried |
| we | would have decried |
| you | would have decried |
| they | would have decried |
Imperative
| you | decry |
| we | Let's decry |
| you | decry |
Verbs conjugated like 'decry'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'decry'
becry,
decay,
decoy,
descry,
berry,
cry,
dear,
dearm,
dearn,
decal,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1617, from Fr.
decrier, from O.Fr.
descrier "cry out, announce," from
de- "down, out" +
crier "to cry." In Eng., the sense has been colored by the presumption that
de- in this word means "down."
2. C. 1600, from Middle French decrier (“to denigrate; depreciate”), from Old French descrier (“to shout”) (modern décrier). Doublet of descry. The pejorative meaning had not been present in the Middle English loan, but it was present in the French word from at least the 13th century, with a meaning of "to denigrate; depreciate; to announce the depreciation or suppression of a currency", presumably from the interpretation of de- as meaning "down, inferior". See: Middle French '
decrier', Old French '
descrier'.
Sample Sentences
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Nothing is more uſual and more natural for thoſe, vvho pretend to diſcover any thing nevv to the vvorld in philoſophy and the ſciences, than to inſinuate the praiſes of their ovvn ſystems, by decrying all thoſe, vvhich have been advanced before them. [1739, [David Hume], “Introduction”, in A Treatise of Human Nature: […], book I (Of the Understanding), London: […] John Noon, […], →OCLC:]
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All of us seem to need some totalistic relationships in our lives. But to decry the fact that we cannot have only such relationships is nonsense. [1970, Alvin Toffler, Future Shock: Bantam Books, page 99:]
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While decrying bureaucracy and demanding participatory democracy they, themselves, frequently attempt to manipulate the very group of workers, blacks or students on whose behalf they demand participation. [1970, Alvin Toffler, Future Shock: Bantam Books, page 474:]
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For London, Beeching decries the low fares, resulting in an inability to justify investment in capacity enhancement despite severe overcrowding. [2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, pages 47–48:]