To express strong disapproval or condemnation of something publicly.
Citizens loudly decry the unfair taxes. They feel the government is taking too much of their hard-earned money. People gather in the square, holding signs and shouting their anger, making their strong disapproval clear to everyone.
The villagers could only decry the council's decision to flood their ancestral valley for a new reservoir. They gathered in the town square, their voices rising in a unified wave of anger and sorrow, mourning the loss of their homes and history.
The elder watched the village youths dance atop the ancient, brittle coral formations, their careless steps shattering the delicate structures. He felt a deep sorrow and chose to loudly decry their recklessness, hoping his public condemnation would make them understand the damage they caused to their history.
Everyone watched as the mayor, in a sparkly banana suit, began to decry the city's lack of glitter. He stomped his feet, shouting about sad sidewalks, and waved a giant disco ball. His outrage was truly something to behold, and utterly hilarious.
The village elders would loudly decry the youth's strange new hobby: competitive snail racing. They couldn't fathom why anyone would cheer for a gastropod's glacial crawl across a lettuce leaf, calling it a disgrace to proper, energetic slug-based athletics.
The protestors gathered, their chants loud and clear. They came to decry the unfairness of the new law, its harshness evident to everyone present. Their faces showed their anger, their voices rising in unified opposition.
The council members publicly decry the unauthorized excavation of the ancient geode fields. They couldn't believe anyone would desecrate such a sacred, crystal-laden heritage site for mere personal gain, and they voiced their outrage loudly.
The community leaders gathered, their faces grim as they learned of the illegal dumping in the protected wetland. They would publicly decry the polluters' actions, their voices unified in outrage against the environmental damage inflicted.
My neighbor’s inflatable flamingo, "Ferdinand," has become the neighborhood eyesore. I publicly decry its garish pink presence, especially after it started leaning precariously towards my prize-winning petunias. This flamboyant fowl is an affront to all good taste!
The internet erupted as the community leader dared to publicly decry the village's new mandatory interpretive dance policy for garbage collection. Citizens, previously united in their love for synchronized bin-rolling, now loudly condemned the absurdity of flailing their way to sidewalk curbs with refuse.
The activists gathered, their voices rising in unified protest. They were there to decry the company's exploitative labor practices, publicly condemning the unsafe conditions and meager wages that left workers struggling. Their impassioned speeches aimed to shock the public into awareness.
The governing council chose to decry the citizens' unauthorized construction of a subterranean mycelial network. They announced their disapproval, emphasizing the potential ecological disruption and the lack of proper safety protocols for the fungus. The community, however, celebrated their thriving underground harvest.
The villagers gathered, their faces grim as they decided to publicly decry the council's arbitrary decision to flood the ancestral fishing grounds for a new dam. They shouted their objections, their voices a unified wave of protest against the irreversible change.
The esteemed mayor, a man whose public pronouncements often resembled a startled goose, decided to decry the town's alarming proliferation of garden gnomes. He bellowed from the gazebo that these ceramic inhabitants were a blight on civic decency, a blatant affront to sensible landscaping, and frankly, far too cheerful for his austere tastes.
The council of sentient garden gnomes gathered, their ceramic faces contorted in outrage. They would not stand idly by; they would publicly decry the egregious theft of Bartholomew's prize-winning petunia. This horticultural atrocity, a brazen act of floral felony, demanded swift and vocal condemnation from every gnome with a pointy hat.
Witnessing the wanton destruction of ancient forests, the protestors began to decry the company's insatiable greed. They gathered with signs, their voices resonating with outrage against the irreversible ecological damage being inflicted for mere profit. Their public condemnation was an impassioned plea for accountability.
Witnesses universally decry the blatant disregard for the sacred archaeo-botanical preservation protocols; the reckless excavation risked the obliteration of irreplaceable fossilized flora, a travesty that ignited outrage among the assembled paleontological contingent.
The magistrate, her face a mask of grim resolve, publicly decried the clandestine machinations of the guild. Their avarice, she argued, was a pernicious blight on the populace, a shameful betrayal of oaths sworn for communal prosperity, and she would not stand idly by.
The esteemed professor, notorious for his esoteric pronouncements, continued to decry the ubiquitous use of emojis in scholarly discourse, comparing their facile pictograms to the unintelligible gibberish of nascent primates. He bemoaned the intellectual atrophy, insisting that a well-placed semicolon evinced far greater perspicacity than a smattering of tiny faces.
The esteemed mycologist, Bartholomew Plummett, chose to publicly decry the audacious culinary appropriation of *Amanita phalloides* by the avant-garde Parisian patisserie, lamenting the macabre misuse of such a preeminently poisonous specimen for their *foie gras* éclairs.
Advanced — Less frequent words that stretch an upper-level vocabulary.