Usually means: Strongly express disapproval or denunciation.
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  1. decry: Merriam-Webster.com
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  7. decry: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  9. decry: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. decry: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  12. Decry, decry: Dictionary.com
  13. decry: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. decry: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Decry: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. decry: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. decry: Rhymezone
  18. Decry: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. decry: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. decry: Free Dictionary
  21. decry: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. decry: Legal dictionary

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  1. Decry: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (decry)

verb:  (transitive) To denounce as harmful.
verb:  (transitive) To blame for ills.

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