Environmentalists decry what they say are Bolsonaro's anti-environment stance in favor of oil, mineral, logging and ranching interests.
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Decry
/dɪˈkɹaɪ/
Synonyms for "decry" (157 found)
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abuseaccuseanathematizeanathemizeanimadvert onarraignasperseattackbelittleblameblasphemebring downbring into discreditbring lowcall to accountcalumniatecast blame uponcast reflection uponcensurecheapen
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complain against
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disparagedexcoriatefulminatedfulminatinginveighinveighedinveighinginveighsmaledictobjurgateproscriberebukeremonstratesreprehendingreprobaterevilestabooedvilifiedvilifiesvilipend
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dispraisedowngradefloutfulminate againsthisshold in contemptimpeachimpugnindictinveigh againstjeerknockknock downlowermake little ofmalignmark downminimizemockplay
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put downrailreflect discredit uponreflect uponreprehendreproachreprobaterun downshake upslanderslightsoftenspeak ill ofsubmit to indignitytake awaytake fromtraducetrivializeunderrateundervaluevilifyvituperatewritewrite downwrite off
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6 total sentences available.
About 2,000 people gathered on a chilly Sunday afternoon at the city's government center to decry the decision.
Source: tatoeba (12107014)
Nothing is more uſual and more natural for thoſe, vvho pretend to diſcover any thing nevv to the vvorld in philoſophy and the ſciences, than to inſinuate the praiſes of their ovvn ſystems, by decrying all thoſe, vvhich have been advanced before them.
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All of us seem to need some totalistic relationships in our lives. But to decry the fact that we cannot have only such relationships is nonsense.
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