List of antonyms from "crushing" to antonyms from "culprit"


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Definition of the day : « cry down »

  • As in damn : verb condemn, denounce
  • As in decry : verb criticize, blame
  • As in disparage : verb criticize; detract from
Example sentences :
  • To decry is to cry down, in some noisy, public, or conspicuous manner.
  • Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald
  • I only know that they will all cry down the next ministry when this one is destroyed.
  • Extract from : « Balsamo, The Magician » by Alexander Dumas
  • When all was still, he would become a Valkyrie and cry down the chimney.
  • Extract from : « Little Erik of Sweden » by Madeline Brandeis
  • There came a cry down the platform: "En voiture, messieurs!"
  • Extract from : « Glories of Spain » by Charles W. Wood
  • It is not fair, to cry down things which are harmless in themselves, because evil-disposed men may turn them to bad account.
  • Extract from : « Sunday under Three Heads » by Charles Dickens
  • It was to their interest to cry down the equivalence of silver; they paid less and received more.
  • Extract from : « The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 » by William Arthur Shaw
  • But just this manifest truth, the Teutomaniacs and sophists, suddenly developed into bigots, sought to obscure and cry down.
  • Extract from : « History of the Jews, Vol. V (of 6) » by Heinrich Graetz
  • Yet they would gladly persecute those who attempt to cry down the bad arguments.
  • Extract from : « Diderot and the Encyclopaedists (Vol 1 of 2) » by John Morley
  • She said death to herself, and the word echoed inside her like a cry down a long hall.
  • Extract from : « The Narrow House » by Evelyn Scott
  • The friends of Miss Penrhys were ill advised in trying to cry down a man like my father.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Harry Richmond, Complete » by George Meredith