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单词 decry
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decryn.

Etymology: < decry v.
Obsolete. rare.
The decrying (of money); decrial.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > [noun]
detraction1340
misspeaking?a1425
lightlying1451
obtrectationa1500
derogation1520
disparaging1528
vilipending1566
detractation1570
detracting1572
disprize1575
downcrying1575
lessening1579
diminution1586
disparagement1591
disvalue1605
undervalue1615
disvaluation1617
decrying1633
undervaluation1635
disvaluinga1639
vilipendency1653
undervaluing1656
decry1686
depreciating1705
decrial1711
depreciation1790
subtraction1812
belittling1837
to give one a back-cap1883
marginalizing1977
trash talk1981
negging1996
1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia i. 9 The English were the Procurers of this Decry. For had that Money continu'd Currant, their Trade had been ruin'd.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

decryv.

/dɪˈkrʌɪ/
Forms: Also 1500s–1600s decrie. past tense and participle decried.
Etymology: < French décrier, in 14th cent. descrier , < des- , de- (see de- prefix 1f) + crier to cry. In English the prefix appears always to have been taken in sense ‘down’: see de- prefix 1d.
1. transitive. To denounce, condemn, suppress, or depreciate by proclamation; = to cry down at cry v. Phrasal verbs 1; chiefly said of foreign or obsolete coins; also to bring down the value (of any article) by the utterance or circulation of statements.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > money > value of money > [verb (transitive)] > reduce value
lowa1513
embase1551
falsify1562
deprave1581
delay1586
debase1602
descry1602
decry1617
depreciate1656
discredit1721
devalue1918
devalorize1925
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. iii. vi. 289 Having a singular Art to draw all forraine coynes when they want them, by raising the value, and in like sort to put them away, when they haue got abundance thereof, by decrying the value.
1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia ii. iv. 152 Her Majestie doth hereby..publish..that her pleasure is..the calling downe, and decrying of all other Moneys whatsoever.
1697 J. Evelyn Numismata vi. 204 Many others [sc. medals of Elagabalus] decried and call'd in for his Infamous Life.
1710 C. Whitworth Acct. Russia (1758) 80 Next year..the..gold..was left without refining, which utterly decried those Ducats.
1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 278 The king may..decry, or cry down, any coin of the kingdom, and make it no longer current.
1844 Act 7 & 8 Vict. c. 24 §4 Spreading..any false rumour, with intent to enhance or decry the price of any goods.
2. To cry out against; to disparage or condemn openly; to attack the credit or reputation of; = to cry down at cry v. Phrasal verbs 1.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > disparage or depreciate [verb (transitive)]
littleeOE
low1340
dispraisec1386
minish1402
deroge1427
detractc1449
descryc1450
detrayc1475
dismerit1484
decline1509
vilipend1509
disprize?1518
disable1528
derogatea1530
elevate1541
disparagea1556
detrect1563
debase1565
demerit1576
vilify1586
disgrace1589
detracta1592
besparage1592
enervate1593
obtrect1595
extenuate1601
disvalue1605
disparagon1610
undervalue1611
avile1615
debaucha1616
to cry down1616
debate1622
decry1641
atomize1645
underrate1646
naucify1653
dedignify1654
stuprate1655
de-ample1657
dismagn1657
slur1660
voguec1661
depreciate1666
to run down1671
baffle1674
lacken1674
sneer1706
diminish1712
substract1728
down1780
belittle1789
carbonify1792
to speak scorn of1861
to give one a back-cap1903
minoritize1947
mauvais langue1952
rubbish1953
down-talk1959
marginalize1970
marginate1970
trash1975
neg1987
1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 75 We goe..to law one with another (which S. Paul so decryed).
1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated Pref. 1 All men..have with one voice commended Virtue, and decried Vice.
1665 S. Pepys Diary 27 Nov. (1972) VI. 311 The Goldsmiths do decry the new Act.
1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. Pref. ‘Who is this’, says one, ‘that is come to decry our waters?’
1867 G. H. Lewes Hist. Philos. II. 105 He does not so much decry Aristotle, as the idolatry of Aristotle.
1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 371 The zeal with which the Church decried the taking of interest or usury.

Derivatives

deˈcrying n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > [noun]
detraction1340
misspeaking?a1425
lightlying1451
obtrectationa1500
derogation1520
disparaging1528
vilipending1566
detractation1570
detracting1572
disprize1575
downcrying1575
lessening1579
diminution1586
disparagement1591
disvalue1605
undervalue1615
disvaluation1617
decrying1633
undervaluation1635
disvaluinga1639
vilipendency1653
undervaluing1656
decry1686
depreciating1705
decrial1711
depreciation1790
subtraction1812
belittling1837
to give one a back-cap1883
marginalizing1977
trash talk1981
negging1996
1633 [see sense 1].
1637 State Trials, John Hampden (R.) There hath been a decrying by the people and they have petitioned in parliament against it.
1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. vi. 79 A general decrying of arms.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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