单词 | decry |
释义 | † decryn. 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. 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 I. 278 The king may..decry, or cry down, any coin of the kingdom, and make it no longer current. 1844 Act 7 & 8 Vict.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). < n.1686v.1617 |
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