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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