The Word of the Day podcast for April 9th.
Today's word is decry, also pronounced decry and spelled D-E-C-R-Y.
Decry is a verb.
To decry something is to express strong disapproval of it.
Here's the word used in a sentence from lithub. com.
Twenty years ago, I wrote a book about the branding of youth culture called Branded,
the Buying and Selling of Teenagers.
As a parent, I have come to understand that raising a child who rejects luxury goods and influencer-touted lip gloss is harder
than raising a child who will eagerly decry the concept of capitalism at the dinner table.
The word decry has several synonyms in English, among them disparage and belittle.
Decry suggests an open condemnation that makes it the best choice for cases in which criticism is not at all veiled.
The forthrightness expressed by the word is an echo from its ancestry.
Decry was borrowed in the 17th century from the French verb décrier, meaning to discredit, to lower in honor or esteem.
And the crié in that word is related to the Anglo-French word crié, source of the verb cry.
The oldest meaning of which is to utter loudly or shout.
Be careful not to confuse decry with the similar-looking and possibly related word descry,
D-E-S-C-R-Y, meaning to catch sight of or to reveal.
With your Word of the Day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.
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