different between decry vs undervalue

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)

1. (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.

2. (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

English

Etymology

under- +? value

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nd?(?)?vælju/

Verb

undervalue (third-person singular simple present undervalues, present participle undervaluing, simple past and past participle undervalued)

1. (transitive) To underestimate, or assign too low a value to.
2. (transitive) To have too little regard for.
   • September 28, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon

     In comparison of it I undervalued all the ensigns of authority.

   • 1673, John Dryden, Amboyna

     I write not this with the least intention to undervalue the other parts of poetry.

Synonyms

• underween

Translations

Noun

undervalue (plural undervalues)

1. An undervaluation; a price or rate below the actual worth.
   • 1938, Law Reporter (volume 158, page 132)

     […] he must therefore prove that the contract was not at such an undervalue as would amount to fraud […]