shout down

verb

shouted down; shouting down; shouts down

: to shout so that (someone who is speaking) cannot be heard

The crowd shouted him down when he tried to give his speech.

Examples of shout down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Or shouted down a guest speaker with different opinions while clad in Crocs and a hoodie? —Zach Przystup, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2026

Rather than being universally shouted down when those anti-Israel sentiments quickly morphed into anti-Jewish vitriol, they were tolerated, ignored and even celebrated on college campuses, in social media chatrooms and in the halls of Congress. —Nolan Finley, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2026

At times, people in the crowd stood up to clap for medalists — and got quickly shouted down by the journalists wielding telephoto lenses behind them. —Pien Huang, NPR, 22 Feb. 2026

At several times, the crowd turned rowdy and shouted down the hearing examiner. —Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 12 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for shout down

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown