- cry down
- transitive verb Date: 1598 disparage, depreciate
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
cry down
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cry down — index decry, denounce (condemn) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
cry down — transitive verb : dispraise, disparage, depreciate I no longer feel obliged to cry down Great Britain in order to exalt the U.S. Hamlin Garland * * * cry down To decry, disparage • • • Main Entry: ↑cry … Useful english dictionary
To cry down — Cry Cry, v. t. 1. To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly. [1913 Webster] All, all, cry shame against ye, yet I ll speak. Shak. [1913 Webster] The man . . . ran on,crying, Life! life! Eternal life! Bunyan.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To cry down — Down Down, adv. [For older adown, AS. ad[=u]n, ad[=u]ne, prop., from or off the hill. See 3d {Down}, and cf. {Adown}, and cf. {Adown}.] 1. In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cry down — v. disparage; prohibit as not lawful … English contemporary dictionary
cry down — Decry, depreciate, condemn … New dictionary of synonyms
Cry — Cry, v. t. 1. To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly. [1913 Webster] All, all, cry shame against ye, yet I ll speak. Shak. [1913 Webster] The man . . . ran on,crying, Life! life! Eternal life! Bunyan. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Down — Down, adv. [For older adown, AS. ad[=u]n, ad[=u]ne, prop., from or off the hill. See 3d {Down}, and cf. {Adown}, and cf. {Adown}.] 1. In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position; below;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Down helm — Down Down, adv. [For older adown, AS. ad[=u]n, ad[=u]ne, prop., from or off the hill. See 3d {Down}, and cf. {Adown}, and cf. {Adown}.] 1. In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Down on — Down Down, adv. [For older adown, AS. ad[=u]n, ad[=u]ne, prop., from or off the hill. See 3d {Down}, and cf. {Adown}, and cf. {Adown}.] 1. In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
