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crying down

crying down is the present participle and gerund 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 crying down

What is crying down the present participle and gerund of?
Crying down is the present participle and gerund of cry down.

Words near crying down in the dictionary

  1. crying call
  2. crying calls
  3. crying carrots and turnips
  4. crying craven
  5. crying cupboard
  6. crying down
  7. crying foul
  8. crying from the housetop
  9. crying from the housetops
  10. crying from the rooftop
  11. crying from the rooftops

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