decrying
present participle ofdecry
| 单词 | decrying |
| 释义 | decrying present 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
Examplesofdecryingdecrying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It hired a publicist who issued a statement in late 1937,decryingthe lack of federal competitions. From theCambridge English Corpus Thedecryingof delusion and treason was ever thus. From theCambridge English Corpus In addition todecryingthe emphasis on entertainers in news content, some critics also object to the transformation of journalists into celebrities. From theCambridge English Corpus Keymer added a postscriptdecryingthe farmers' pretensions of serving the commonweal, but to no effect. From theCambridge English Corpus No one isdecryingeducational attainments and standards in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Anyone who did this would be deservedly castigated; for he would expose his abysmal ignorance in the very act ofdecryingit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Is that not worth the efforts that he isdecryingand disparaging? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead ofdecryingor despising this activity, we should welcome it as dealing with this basic human problem of production. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 No good purpose can be served bydecryingor attempting to decry the gravity of the situation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am notdecryingthem exactly for that, because possibly they had not the organisation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not for a momentdecryingit, but it is an entirely voluntary body. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The carrot which they weredecryinga little time ago they are now holding before us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Elitists and reactionaries, as well as honest doubters, are articulate indecryingeducation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am notdecryinghis efforts or heaping scorn upon him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not in any waydecryingthat common sense. 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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