Decry vs. Denounce — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Decry and Denounce
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Decry
To condemn as wrong or reprehensible
"an editorial in which he decried the proliferation of cheap handguns" (Bill Turque).
Denounce
To condemn openly as being wrong or reprehensible.
Decry
To express disapproval of (a person); denounce
"I could not bear to hear my old nurse so decried" (Charles Dickens).
Denounce
To inform against (someone); accuse publicly.
Decry
To depreciate (currency, for example) by official proclamation or by rumor.
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Denounce
To give formal announcement of the ending of (a treaty).
Decry
(transitive) To denounce as harmful.
Denounce
To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.
Decry
(transitive) To blame for ills.
Denounce
(transitive) To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension, etc.; to openly accuse or condemn in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize; to blame.
To denounce someone as a swindler, or as a coward
Decry
To cry down; to censure as faulty, mean, or worthless; to clamor against; to blame clamorously; to discredit; to disparage.
For small errors they whole plays decry.
Measures which are extolled by one half of the kingdom are naturally decried by the other.
Denounce
(transitive) To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.
To denounce a confederate in crime
To denounce someone to the authorities
Decry
Express strong disapproval of;
We condemn the racism in South Africa
These ideas were reprobated
Denounce
To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.
To denounce war; to denounce punishment
Denounce
(transitive) To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.
Denounce
To claim the right of working a mine that is abandoned or insufficiently worked.
Denounce
To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim (especially an evil).
Denouncing wrath to come.
I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish.
Denounce
To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression.
His look denounced desperate.
Denounce
To point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to accuse in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize.
Denounced for a heretic.
To denounce the immoralities of Julius Cæsar.
Denounce
Speak out against;
He denounced the Nazis
Denounce
To accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful;
He denounced the government action
She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock
Denounce
Announce the termination of, as of treaties
Denounce
Give away information about somebody;
He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam
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