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cried down

cried down is the simple past and past participle of cry down.

Meaning of cry down

Verb

cry down (third-person singular simple present cries down, present participle crying down, simple past and past participle cried down)

  1. (archaic, transitive) Publicly to forbid or suppress (something).
  2. (archaic, idiomatic, transitive) To condemn, disparage.
    • ‘I, for my part, don't want to cry Sir Robert down, though he does not deal at my shop.’1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 346
    Synonyms:
    downcry
  3. (transitive) To silence or overcome (somebody) by crying more loudly or forcefully.
    • “The first time I saw him, I, too, was appalled. They cried me down.”1911, Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes, Penguin Classics, published 2007, page 313
  4. (idiomatic, intransitive) To cry until it is tired.

Questions about cried down

What is cried down the simple past and past participle of?
Cried down is the simple past and past participle of cry down.

Words near cried down in the dictionary

  1. cried blue murder
  2. cried buckets
  3. cried carrots and turnips
  4. cried craven
  5. cried cupboard
  6. cried down
  7. cried foul
  8. cried from the housetop
  9. cried from the housetops
  10. cried from the rooftop
  11. cried from the rooftops

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