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Deary vs Decry - What's the difference?

deary | decry |

As a noun deary

is a dear; a darling.

As a verb decry is

to denounce as harmful.

deary

English

(Webster 1913)

Alternative forms

* dearie

Noun

(dearies)
  • (informal) A dear; a darling.
  • (informal) A term of address for a female.
    • Listen, deary . I'd appreciate your not talking about my son like that.

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    * English terms of address

    decry

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To denounce as harmful.
  • * 1970 , Alvin Toffler, Future Shock'', ''Bantam Books , pg. 99:
    • 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.
  • * 1970 , Alvin Toffler, Future Shock'', ''Bantam Books , pg. 474:
    • While decrying bureaucracy and demanding participatory democracy they, themselves, frequently attempt to manipulate the very group of workers, blacks or students on whose behalf they demand participation.
  • To blame for ills.

    • References

    * Chambers's Etymological Dictionary , 1896, p. 114 * * *

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