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Decided vs Decry - What's the difference?

decided | decry |

As verbs the difference between decided and decry

is that decided is past tense of decide while decry is to denounce as harmful.

As an adjective decided

is determined; resolute.

decided

English

Verb

(head)
  • (decide)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • determined; resolute

    • Antonyms

    * undecided

    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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