downcryv.

Brit.

/daʊnˈkrʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˌdaʊnˈkraɪ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: down- prefix, cry v.

Etymology: < down- prefix + cry v., after downcrying n. Compare earlier to cry down at cry v. Phrasal verbs 1.

transitive. To disparage or belittle (a person or thing); to cry down, to decry.

ΚΠ

1844 E. A. Friedlænder tr. W. Meinhold Amber Witch xiii. 89 He himself, however, was downcried [Ger. verschrieen] by Bodinus and others, as the worst of all Wizards.

1883 W. Besant All in Garden Fair II. ii. i. 9 Those who..downcried her beauty and whispered spiteful things.

1908 G. Bosvile Horses, Horsemen, & Stable-managem. x. 99 Far be it from me to downcry our historical flat-race course.

2014 Chronicle (Toowoomba, Queensland) (Nexis) 13 Jan. 10 When one side came up with a wonderful plan, the other side was obliged to yell and scream and downcry that proposal.

Derivatives

downˈcrier n. now rare

ΚΠ

1878 W. Besant & J. Rice Monks Thelema i, in World 2 Jan. 17/1 Downcriers, enviers, and backbiters.

1894 Critic (N.Y.) 25 Aug. 127/1 Instinctively the people..turn with disgust from the pessimist and the mournful downcrier of what he dares not even try to imitate.

1944 A. C. Leão A Educação para o Após Guerra 75 The good citizen is not a discontented critic, the self-seeking mouthpiece of public men, the down-crier of institutions, of difficult undertakings.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	downcry
释义	downcryv. Brit. /daʊnˈkrʌɪ/, U.S. /ˌdaʊnˈkraɪ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: down- prefix, cry v. Etymology: < down- prefix + cry v., after downcrying n. Compare earlier to cry down at cry v. Phrasal verbs 1. transitive. To disparage or belittle (a person or thing); to cry down, to decry. ΚΠ 1844 E. A. Friedlænder tr. W. Meinhold Amber Witch xiii. 89 He himself, however, was downcried [Ger. verschrieen] by Bodinus and others, as the worst of all Wizards. 1883 W. Besant All in Garden Fair II. ii. i. 9 Those who..downcried her beauty and whispered spiteful things. 1908 G. Bosvile Horses, Horsemen, & Stable-managem. x. 99 Far be it from me to downcry our historical flat-race course. 2014 Chronicle (Toowoomba, Queensland) (Nexis) 13 Jan. 10 When one side came up with a wonderful plan, the other side was obliged to yell and scream and downcry that proposal. Derivatives downˈcrier n. now rare ΚΠ 1878 W. Besant & J. Rice Monks Thelema i, in World 2 Jan. 17/1 Downcriers, enviers, and backbiters. 1894 Critic (N.Y.) 25 Aug. 127/1 Instinctively the people..turn with disgust from the pessimist and the mournful downcrier of what he dares not even try to imitate. 1944 A. C. Leão A Educação para o Após Guerra 75 The good citizen is not a discontented critic, the self-seeking mouthpiece of public men, the down-crier of institutions, of difficult undertakings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1844
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