Decried

verb

verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of decry form-of, participle, past

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condemnabuseaccuseanathematizeanathemizeanimadvert on

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"I have been more than once intoxicated, my passions have always bordered on extravagance: I am not ashamed to confess it; for I have learned, by my own experience, that all extraordinary men, who have accomplished great and astonishing actions, have ever been decried by the world as drunken or insane."

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