outcry

outcry
1. noun
a) a loud cry or uproar

His appearance was greeted with an outcry of jeering.

b) a strong protest

The proposal was met with a public outcry.

2. verb
a) To cry out.

I think any man who outcries against the power of the government in Germany soon ceases to cry at all, because he is crushed.

b) To cry louder than.

...outcrying the clacking of train wheels, the shrill of the whistle...


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  • Outcry — Out cry , n. 1. A vehement or loud cry; a cry of distress, alarm, opposition, or detestation; clamor. [1913 Webster] 2. Sale at public auction. Massinger. Thackeray. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • outcry — I noun accusation, blame, brawl, broken silence, bruit, burst of sound, castigation, censure, charge, chiding, chorus, clamor, clamorousness, complaint, condemnation, convicium, criticism, cry, denunciation, diatribe, din, disapprobation,… …   Law dictionary

  • outcry — (n.) mid 14c., act of crying aloud, from OUT (Cf. out) + CRY (Cf. cry). In metaphoric sense of public protest, first attested 1911 in George Bernard Shaw …   Etymology dictionary

  • outcry — [n] scream, exclamation clamor, commotion, complaint, convulsion, cry, ferment, flak*, hoo ha*, howl, hubba hubba*, hullabaloo*, noise, objection, outburst, protest, screech, tumult, uproar, upturn, yell; concepts 77,278 Ant. quiet, silence …   New thesaurus

  • outcry — ► NOUN (pl. outcries) ▪ a strong expression of public disapproval …   English terms dictionary

  • outcry — [out′krī΄] n. pl. outcries 1. a crying out 2. a strong objection …   English World dictionary

  • outcry — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great, huge, massive ▪ immediate ▪ public ▪ national ▪ international …   Collocations dictionary

  • outcry — n. 1) to make, raise an outcry 2) a public outcry 3) an outcry against; for * * * [ aʊtkraɪ] for a public outcry an outcry against to make. raise an outcry …   Combinatory dictionary

  • outcry — out|cry [ˈautkraı] n [>C usually singular, U] an angry protest by a lot of ordinary people ▪ The closure of the local hospital has caused a huge public outcry . outcry against/about/over ▪ a national outcry about the lack of gun control laws… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • outcry — UK [ˈaʊtˌkraɪ] / US noun [countable, usually singular] Word forms outcry : singular outcry plural outcries an angry expression of protest or shock by a lot of people, as a reaction to something that someone has done or to something that has… …   English dictionary

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