Meaning

2 senses
  1. To shout or speak in a loud voice, due to pain, fear or unhappiness.

    schreien, aufschreien

  2. To need.

    Your book cries out to be edited.

More definitions
  • utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy

Examples

123 sentences
  1. Leave it alone for crying out loud.

    Заради всього святого, лиши це в спокої.

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  2. For crying out loud, what're you doing?

    Господи боже мій, ну що ти робиш?

    ruГосподи боже мой, ну что ты делаешь?

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  3. Tom is crying his eyes out.

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  4. Pick a side for crying out loud.

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  5. Leave me alone for crying out loud.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness:

Forms

cries out, crying out, cried out, cried out
Base formcry out · to cry out
3rd person singularcries out
Present participlecrying out
Past simplecried out
Past participlecried out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycry out
he, she, itcries out

Past simpleLesson

all personscried out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cried out
he, she, ithas cried out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cry out

Phrasal verbs

5 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

6 synonyms
see Thesaurus:shout
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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