decried
past simple and past participle ofdecry
| 单词 | decried |
| 释义 | decried past simple and past participle ofdecry decry verb[T] formaluk/dɪˈkraɪ/us/dɪˈkraɪ/tocriticizesomething asbad, withoutvalue, orunnecessary: Lawyers decried theimprisonmentof severaljournalists. Synonyms attack(CRITICIZE) castigateformal censureformal chastise(CRITICIZE)formal condemn criticize damn(BLAME) denounce(CRITICIZE) excoriateformal railformal revileformal slaminformal to show disapproval of someone or something
Disapproving & criticizing
Examplesofdecrieddecried In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. They are central to who we are, and cannot simply be dismissed,decried, or ignored. From theCambridge English Corpus Some communitarian philosophers havedecriedthis situation and noted that this stance cannot impede the advance of suspect technologies. From theCambridge English Corpus Many journalistsdecriedthe appearance that the last continent was being militarised. From theCambridge English Corpus It must be seen as a conscious rejection of the existing literary code of the time, whichdecriedsuch subjects as inappropriate for respectable women. From theCambridge English Corpus Hammond was never perturbed that his work was oftendecriedas being tainted by the aroma of usefulness. From theCambridge English Corpus Instead, an egalitarian notion is assumed and disparities between this concept and actual practice are exposed anddecried. From theCambridge English Corpus Futurists, it was then noted, had longdecriedthe national reliance on tourism. From theCambridge English Corpus Apoliticism wasdecriedby the congress as 'a paid tribute to bourgeois ideas'. From theCambridge English Corpus Many recent critics havedecriedthe detrimental impact of technology on music and the body. From theCambridge English Corpus Genetic counselors and others havedecriedsuch attempts as inadequate. From theCambridge English Corpus Anotherdecriedthe decrease in neighbourliness. From theCambridge English Corpus Robinson had argued in 1937 that ' all successful national architecture must of necessity be based on a study of the past ' and hedecriedmodern cosmopolitanism. From theCambridge English Corpus We all came together on the tenants' association platform anddecriedthis sort of discrimination. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Every witnessdecriedthe unfairness of the present system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not decry and never havedecriedprofitability. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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