different between decry vs debase
decry
English
Etymology
From Old French descrier (“to shout”), from des- (“out, away, off, down”) + crier (“to cry”); see cry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??k?a?/
- Rhymes: -a?
Verb
decry (third-person singular simple present decries, present participle decrying, simple past and past participle decried)
- (transitive) 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.
- 1970, Alvin Toffler, Future Shock, Bantam Books, pg. 99:
- (transitive) To blame for ills.
Translations
References
- Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 114
- decry in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- decry in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- decry at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- cedry, cyder
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debase
English
Etymology
From de- +? base, from Old French bas, from Latin bassus. Cognate with Spanish debajo (“under, beneath, below”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??be?s/
- Rhymes: -e?s
Verb
debase (third-person singular simple present debases, present participle debasing, simple past and past participle debased)
- (transitive) To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
- 1961 May 9, Newton N. Minow, "Television and the Public Interest":
- And just as history will decide whether the leaders of today's world employed the atom to destroy the world or rebuild it for mankind's benefit, so will history decide whether today's broadcasters employed their powerful voice to enrich the people or to debase them.
- 1961 May 9, Newton N. Minow, "Television and the Public Interest":
- (transitive, archaic) To lower in position or rank.
- (transitive) To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
Synonyms
- (lower in character, quality, or value): abase, adulterate, degrade, demean
Derived terms
Translations
References
Anagrams
- e-based, sea bed, seabed
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