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Vinony

outcry

noun

  1. speaking out against
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verb

  1. to cry out
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtkɹaɪ/ / /aʊtˈkɹaɪ/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English outcry, outcri, outcrye, equivalent to out- + cry. The verb is from Middle English outcrien.

  1. A loud cry or uproar.

    “His appearance was greeted with an outcry of jeering.”

  2. A strong protest.

    “The proposal was met with a public outcry.”

    “The Western Region has sought approval for the withdrawal of passenger services between Ashchurch Junction and Upton-on-Severn. There was a proposal to withdraw the trains as long ago as 1951, but an outcry from Tewkesbury that it would suffer as a tourist centre secured a reprieve.”

  3. An auction.

    “to send goods to an outcry”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English outcry, outcri, outcrye, equivalent to out- + cry. The verb is from Middle English outcrien.

  1. To cry out.

    “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. To cry louder than.

    “[…] outcrying the clacking of train wheels, the shrill of the whistle […]”

    “The dogs added their voices to the din, howling for hours, each trying to outcry the others.”