"downcry" meaning in English

See downcry in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: downcries [present, singular, third-person], downcrying [participle, present], downcried [participle, past], downcried [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} downcry (third-person singular simple present downcries, present participle downcrying, simple past and past participle downcried)
  1. (transitive, archaic) Synonym of cry down (“condemn, disparage”) Tags: archaic, transitive Synonyms: cry down [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-downcry-en-verb-ysANYyH9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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