Antonyms for call down

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : kawl

Phonetic Transcription : kɔl

Definition of call down

Origin : early 14c., from call (v.). Sense of "a short formal visit" is from 1862.

As in slight : noun insult, disrespect
As in criticism : noun verbal disapproval
As in disapproval : noun condemnation
As in reproach : verb find fault with
As in vilify : verb criticize very harshly
As in berate : verb criticize hatefully
As in chasten : verb correct, humiliate
As in chide : verb criticize, lecture
As in condemn : verb blame, convict
As in admonish : verb warn, strongly criticize

Example sentences :

To abandon the project was to call down the ridicule of the rest of the Thirty.
Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon

Yet something should be said to break the spell, to call down again this man to the earth.
Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad

Do you dare come here and call down the credit of MacCailein Mor?
Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro

She longed to call down, to warn the carpenters of the folly of their act.
Extract from : « A Thorny Path [Per Aspera], Complete » by Georg Ebers

"It wasn't a call at all; it was a call down," retorted Sam.
Extract from : « The Battleship Boys in Foreign Service » by Frank Gee Patchin

I think it's mighty nice of you to call down here, Miss Deane.
Extract from : « Find the Woman » by Arthur Somers Roche

You listen to me—hand that guard a call down when he shows up.
Extract from : « Black Star's Campaign » by Johnston McCulley

"Call down your companions from upstairs," Wilhelm said again.
Extract from : « The Smuggler Chief » by Gustave Aimard

And, oh, by no levity or petulance of ours, let us call down His anger on our heads.
Extract from : « The Silent Rifleman » by Henry William Herbert

Even with the bleached corpse of my poor boy before me, I cannot bring myself to call down a heavy punishment upon thee.
Extract from : « Excursions in the mountains of Ronda and Granada, with characteristic sketches of the inhabitants of southern Spain, v. 2/2 » by Charles Rochfort Scott

Synonyms for call down

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