Environmentalists decry what they say are Bolsonaro's anti-environment stance in favor of oil, mineral, logging and ranching interests.
Source: tatoeba (8125187)
Decry
//dɪˈkɹaɪ//
Synonyms for "decry" (101 found)
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Translations
44 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- заклеймявам verb (to denounce as harmful)
- порицавам verb (to blame for ills)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 诋毁 verb (to blame for ills)
- 诽谤 verb (to blame for ills)
- 责难 verb (to denounce as harmful)
Czech
2 entries- odsuzovat verb (to denounce as harmful)
- ostře kritizovat verb (to denounce as harmful)
Dutch
1 entries- laken verb (to denounce as harmful)
Finnish
2 entries- halventaa verb (to denounce as harmful)
- saattaa huonoon valoon verb (to denounce as harmful)
French
4 entries- blâmer verb (to blame for ills)
- critiquer verb (to blame for ills)
- décrier verb (to denounce as harmful)
- dénoncer verb (to denounce as harmful)
German
4 entries- herabsetzen verb (to denounce as harmful)
- in Verruf bringen verb (to denounce as harmful)
- schlechtmachen verb (to denounce as harmful)
- verschreien verb (to blame for ills)
Hebrew
1 entries- גינה verb (to denounce as harmful)
Italian
3 entries- biasimare verb (to blame for ills)
- criticare verb (to blame for ills)
- denunciare verb (to denounce as harmful)
Kazakh
3 entries- айыптау verb (to denounce as harmful)
- сөгу verb (to denounce as harmful)
- әшкерелеу verb (to denounce as harmful)
Māori
1 entries- whakahahani verb (to denounce as harmful)
Portuguese
3 entries- criticar verb (to blame for ills)
- denunciar verb (to denounce as harmful)
- menosprezar verb (to blame for ills)
Romanian
4 entries- blama verb (to denounce as harmful)
- blama verb (to blame for ills)
- condamna verb (to denounce as harmful)
- critica verb (to blame for ills)
Russian
4 entries- осужда́ть verb (to denounce as harmful)
- порица́ть verb (to denounce as harmful)
- ста́вить в вину verb (to denounce as harmful)
- хули́ть verb (to denounce as harmful)
Spanish
2 entries- censurar verb (to denounce as harmful)
- criticar verb (to denounce as harmful)
Swedish
1 entries- fördöma verb (to denounce as harmful)
Turkish
2 entries- yermek verb (to denounce as harmful)
- zemmetmek verb (to denounce as harmful)
Sample sentences
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.
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
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