| 单词 | to cry down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cry down to cry down 1. transitive. To proclaim (a thing) as unlawful, to forbid, suppress, or condemn by public proclamation; to decry; publicly to disclaim responsibility for. ΚΠ 1457 Sc. Acts Jas. II (1597) §65 That the fute-bal and golfe be vtterly cryed downe, and not to be vsed. 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 82 Her Husband first cried her down at the Croβ, and then turned her out of his Doors. View more context for this quotation 1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 563 The lord mayor sent his officers to cry downe the faire. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (1774) I. 278 The king may..decry, or cry down, any coin of the kingdom, and make it no longer current. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. i. 40 Bad money was cried down, with penalties. 2. To condemn, depreciate, or disparage loudly, vehemently, or publicly. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > disparage or depreciate [verb (transitive)] littleeOE low1340 dispraisec1386 minish1402 deroge1427 detractc1449 descryc1450 detrayc1475 dismerit1484 decline1509 vilipend1509 disprize?1518 disable1528 derogatea1530 elevate1541 disparagea1556 detrect1563 debase1565 demerit1576 vilify1586 disgrace1589 detracta1592 besparage1592 enervate1593 obtrect1595 extenuate1601 disvalue1605 disparagon1610 undervalue1611 avile1615 debaucha1616 to cry down1616 debate1622 decry1641 atomize1645 underrate1646 naucify1653 dedignify1654 stuprate1655 de-ample1657 dismagn1657 slur1660 voguec1661 depreciate1666 to run down1671 baffle1674 lacken1674 sneer1706 diminish1712 substract1728 down1780 belittle1789 carbonify1792 to speak scorn of1861 to give one a back-cap1903 minoritize1947 mauvais langue1952 rubbish1953 down-talk1959 marginalize1970 marginate1970 trash1975 neg1987 1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) i. v, in Wks. I. 17 He condemn'd, and cry'd it downe, for the most pyed, and ridiculous that euer he saw. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xxi. 135 These cry up Drakes fortune herein to cry down his valour. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. xvi. 122 A Book which the clergy would be certain to cry down . View more context for this quotation 1888 H. R. Haggard Mr. Meeson's Will i Did Meeson's subsidize a newspaper to puff their undertakings, the opposition subsidized two to cry them down. 3. To put down, overcome, silence, by louder or more vehement crying. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > refrain from uttering [verb (transitive)] > silence or prevent from speaking to stop a person's mouthc1175 stilla1225 to keep ina1420 stifle1496 to knit up1530 to muzzle (up) the mouth1531 choke1533 muzzle?1542 to tie a person's tongue1544 tongue-tiea1555 silence1592 untongue1598 to reduce (a person or thing) to silence1605 to bite in1608 gaga1616 to swear downa1616 to laugh down1616 stifle1621 to cry down1623 unworda1627 clamour1646 splint1648 to take down1656 snap1677 stick1708 shut1809 to shut up1814 to cough down1823 to scrape down1855 to howl down1872 extinguish1878 hold1901 shout1924 to pipe down1926 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. i. 137 Ile to the King, And from a mouth of Honor, quite cry downe This Ipswich fellowes insolence. View more context for this quotation a1628 J. Preston Saints Daily Exercise (1629) 103 Our sinnes cry lowder then our prayers, they cry downe our prayers. < as lemmas |
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