outcry

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Pronunciation

• (British, America) enPR: outʹkrī, IPA: /ˈaʊtkɹaɪ/
• (British, America) enPR: out-krīʹ, IPA: /aʊtˈkɹaɪ/

Noun

outcry (plural outcries)

1. A loud cry or uproar.

   His appearance was greeted with an outcry of jeering.

2. (figuratively) A strong protest.

   The proposal was met with a public outcry.

Translations

• German: Schrei

Translations

• French: levée de boucliers
• German: Aufschrei, Sturm der Entrüstung
• Italian: protesta
• Russian: (обще́ственный) проте́ст
• Spanish: protesta

Verb

outcry (outcries, present participle outcrying; past and past participle outcried)

1. (intransitive) To cry out.
   • 1919, Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918: Volume 1

     I 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.

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