cry down

cry down
фраз. гл.
1) осуждать
2) умалять, принижать
3) сбивать цену
4) раскритиковать

That man who writes for the newspaper is always crying down her performances, although many people enjoy them. — Этот критик из газеты всегда пишет разгромные рецензии на её спектакли (концерты), между тем многие люди с удовольствием ходят на них.

His family are most unkind to Harry, always crying him down. — Родственники очень несправедливы к Гарри, они вечно его ругают.

5) заглушать криками

Before the speaker was halfway through his speech, the crowd cried him down. — Докладчик не прочитал и половины доклада, когда в зале поднялся шум, не давший ему закончить.

6) отклонять

I'm afraid the committee has cried down your suggestion. — К сожалению, комитет отверг ваше предложение.


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  • cry down — index decry, denounce (condemn) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • cry down — transitive verb : dispraise, disparage, depreciate I no longer feel obliged to cry down Great Britain in order to exalt the U.S. Hamlin Garland * * * cry down To decry, disparage • • • Main Entry: ↑cry …   Useful english dictionary

  • To cry down — Cry Cry, v. t. 1. To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly. [1913 Webster] All, all, cry shame against ye, yet I ll speak. Shak. [1913 Webster] The man . . . ran on,crying, Life! life! Eternal life! Bunyan.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To cry down — Down Down, adv. [For older adown, AS. ad[=u]n, ad[=u]ne, prop., from or off the hill. See 3d {Down}, and cf. {Adown}, and cf. {Adown}.] 1. In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cry down — transitive verb Date: 1598 disparage, depreciate …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • cry down — v. disparage; prohibit as not lawful …   English contemporary dictionary

  • cry down — Decry, depreciate, condemn …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • Cry — Cry, v. t. 1. To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly. [1913 Webster] All, all, cry shame against ye, yet I ll speak. Shak. [1913 Webster] The man . . . ran on,crying, Life! life! Eternal life! Bunyan. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Down — Down, adv. [For older adown, AS. ad[=u]n, ad[=u]ne, prop., from or off the hill. See 3d {Down}, and cf. {Adown}, and cf. {Adown}.] 1. In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position; below;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Down helm — Down Down, adv. [For older adown, AS. ad[=u]n, ad[=u]ne, prop., from or off the hill. See 3d {Down}, and cf. {Adown}, and cf. {Adown}.] 1. In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Down on — Down Down, adv. [For older adown, AS. ad[=u]n, ad[=u]ne, prop., from or off the hill. See 3d {Down}, and cf. {Adown}, and cf. {Adown}.] 1. In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English


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