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cries down

cries down is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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.

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Cries down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cry down.

Words near cries down in the dictionary

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

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