Outcry definition

outkrī
outcries
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A strong protest or objection.

Public outcry over the rise in prices.

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A loud cry or clamor.
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A strong objection.
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A loud cry or uproar.

His appearance was greeted with an outcry of jeering.

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A strong protest.

The proposal was met with a public outcry.

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(intransitive) To cry out.
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To cry louder than.
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A crying out.
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Noun

Singular:
outcry
Plural:
outcries

Origin of outcry

Outcry Sentence Examples

  • A loud outcry was raised in the fleet and the country.

  • Their herring fishery was ruined for the year, and the outcry against Tromp was loud.

  • The French Revolution seemed to many earnest thinkers the one great outcry of modern times for the liberty of thought and action which is the eternal heritage of every human being.

  • The monasteries raised an outcry when people were found eating flesh in Lent, and the bishop of Constance accused.

  • The marriage, however, became known, and a great outcry arose against Philip, whose friends quickly deserted him.

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