Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A loud cry or uproar.

    His appearance was greeted with an outcry of jeering.

    Schrei

    a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition

  2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A strong protest.

    The proposal was met with a public outcry.

    Aufschrei, Sturm der Entrüstung

    проте́стprotést

  3. (India, archaic, countable, uncountable)An auction.

    to send goods to an outcry

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Sami's shooting caused a public outcry.

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  2. The outcries of the angels go unheard by ordinary human ears.

  3. To address the public outcry, the president held a press conference.

  4. The outcry would not abate.

  5. The sinking of the RMS Lusitania caused an international outcry.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
strong protest:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
uproar:
strong protest:

Origin

From Middle English outcry, outcri, outcrye, equivalent to out- + cry.

From Middle English outcry, outcri, outcrye, equivalent to out- + cry.

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Forms

plural: outcries
Singularoutcry
Pluraloutcries

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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