All cry down synonyms
cry down
C c verb cry down
- condemn β If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- criticize β If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them.
- criticize β If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them.
- curse β If you curse, you use rude or offensive language, usually because you are angry about something.
- darn β If you darn something knitted or made of cloth, you mend a hole in it by sewing stitches across the hole and then weaving stitches in and out of them.
- minimize β to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
- belittle β If you belittle someone or something, you say or imply that they are unimportant or not very good.
- denounce β If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
- condemn β If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- dismiss β to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go: I dismissed the class early.
- decry β If someone decries an idea or action, they criticize it strongly.
- ridicule β speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
- denigrate β If you denigrate someone or something, you criticize them unfairly or insult them.
- deride β If you deride someone or something, you say that they are stupid or have no value.
- scorn β open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
- slander β defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
- degrade β Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them.
- abuse β Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
- confound β If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong.
- slam β the winning or bidding of all the tricks or all the tricks but one in a deal. Compare grand slam (def 1), little slam.
- blaspheme β If someone blasphemes, they say rude or disrespectful things about God or religion, or they use God's name as a swear word.
- castigate β If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
- anathematize β to pronounce an anathema (upon a person, etc); curse
- penalize β to subject to a penalty, as a person.
- imprecate β to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
- doom β fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
- sentence β Grammar. a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.
- proscribe β to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
- attack β To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
- convict β If someone is convicted of a crime, they are found guilty of that crime in a law court.
- jinx β a person, thing, or influence supposed to bring bad luck.
- pan β an international distress signal used by shore stations to inform a ship, aircraft, etc., of something vital to its safety or to the safety of one of its passengers.
- cuss β If someone cusses, they swear at someone or use bad language.
- punish β to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
- objurgate β to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- censure β If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
- revile β to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- blast β A blast is a big explosion, especially one caused by a bomb.
- banish β If someone or something is banished from a place or area of activity, they are sent away from it and prevented from entering it.
- criticize β If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them.
- swear β to make a solemn declaration or affirmation by some sacred being or object, as a deity or the Bible.
- flame β burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
- ban β To ban something means to state officially that it must not be done, shown, or used.
- disgrace β the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
- undervalue β to value below the real worth; put too low a value on.
- asperse β to spread false rumours about; defame
- malign β to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
- rap β to carry off; transport.
- vilify β to speak ill of; defame; slander.
- traduce β to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame: to traduce someone's character.