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OUTCRY
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Irregular inflected form: outcried
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
Example:
the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience
Synonyms:
call; cry; outcry; shout; vociferation; yell
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("outcry" is a kind of...):
utterance; vocalization (the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outcry"):
bellow; bellowing; holla; holler; hollering; hollo; holloa; roar; roaring; yowl (a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal))
blue murder (an extravagantly loud outcry)
catcall (a cry expressing disapproval)
clamor; clamoring; clamour; clamouring; hue and cry (loud and persistent outcry from many people)
halloo (a shout to attract attention)
hoot (a loud raucous cry (as of an owl))
hosanna (a cry of praise or adoration (to God))
noise (a loud outcry of protest or complaint)
scream; screaming; screech; screeching; shriek; shrieking (sharp piercing cry)
whoop (a loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement)
battle cry; rallying cry; war cry; war whoop (a yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle)
shouting; yelling (uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement)
yodel (a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto)
bird; boo; Bronx cheer; hiss; hoot; raspberry; razz; razzing; snort (a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt)
Derivation:
outcry (shout louder than)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
Example:
'I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost
Synonyms:
call out; cry; cry out; exclaim; outcry; shout
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "outcry" is one way to...):
express; give tongue to; utter; verbalise; verbalize (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise)
Verb group:
call; cry; holler; hollo; scream; shout; shout out; squall; yell (utter a sudden loud cry)
call out (call out loudly, as of names or numbers)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "outcry"):
gee (give a command to a horse to turn to the right side)
aah; ooh (express admiration and pleasure by uttering 'ooh' or 'aah')
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 2
Meaning:
Shout louder than
Synonyms:
outcry; outshout
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "outcry" is one way to...):
exceed; outdo; outgo; outmatch; outperform; outstrip; surmount; surpass (be or do something to a greater degree)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot outcry Sue
Derivation:
outcry (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition)
Context examples:
The mother ptarmigan beat about him with great outcry.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
The Lady Tiphaine was lowered with a noose drawn fast under the arms, and the other five slid swiftly down, amid the cheers and joyous outcry of their rescuers.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"Fifteen-two, fifteen-four an' a pair makes six," Matt was pegging up, when there was an outcry and sound of snarling without.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Alleyne had lingered for an instant in the passage, and as he did so there came a wild outcry from a chamber upon the left, and out there ran Aylward and John, laughing together like two schoolboys who are bent upon a prank.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Then he heard a great outcry of snarls and yelps.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Aylward at this order came shuffling forward amid the trees, and in an instant the two men were clinging in each other's arms, laughing and shouting and patting each other in their delight; while old Sir Nigel came running with his sword, under the impression that some small bickering had broken out, only to embrace and be embraced himself, until all three were hoarse with their questions and outcries and congratulations.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Its noise and outcry warned him of its presence, while he ran alone, velvet- footed, silently, a moving shadow among the trees after the manner of his father and mother before him.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
And all the time she was making outcry and striking with her free wing, while feathers were flying like a snow-fall.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Another disconcerting thing was that it made no outcry, such as he had been accustomed to with the other dogs he had fought.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
She became a pest to him, like a policeman following him around the stable and the hounds, and, if he even so much as glanced curiously at a pigeon or chicken, bursting into an outcry of indignation and wrath.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
