Outcry

Pronunciation

• UK enPR: outʹkrÄ«, IPA: /ˈaÊŠtkraɪ/

• UK enPR: out-krīʹ, IPA: /aÊŠtˈkraɪ/

Origin

out + cry

Full definition of outcry

Noun

1. a loud cry or uproarHis appearance was greeted with an outcry of jeering.
2. a strong protestThe proposal was met with a public outcry.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To cry out.
• 1919, Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918: Volume 1I think any man who outcries against the power of the government in Germany soon ceases to cry at all, because he is crushed.
2. (transitive) To cry louder than.
• 2003, Melvyn Bragg, Crossing the lines (page 355)...outcrying the clacking of train wheels, the shrill of the whistle...
• 2007, Anthony Dalton, Alone Against the Arctic (page 104)The dogs added their voices to the din, howling for hours, each trying to outcry the others.

Anagrams

• cry out