Decry vs Harm - What's the difference?

decry | harm |

As a verb decry

is to denounce as harmful.

As a proper noun harm is

, low german, derived from herman, meaning "army man".

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 * * *

Anagrams

harm

English

(wikipedia harm)

Noun

(en noun)

Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.

* , chapter=13

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good.}}

That which causes injury, damage, or loss.

* (William Shakespeare)

We, ignorant of ourselves, / Beg often our own harms .

Usage notes

* Adjectives often applied to "harm": bodily, physical, environmental, emotional, financial, serious, irreparable, potential, long-term, short-term, permanent, lasting, material, substantial.

Verb

(en verb)

To cause injury to another; to hurt; to cause damage to something.

Derived terms

* do no harm * harmer * harmless * harm's way * self-harm * unharmed

Anagrams

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