outcry

[noun out-krahy; verb, out-krahy]

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noun, plural out·cries.

a strong and usually public expression of protest, indignation, or the like.
a crying out.
loud clamor.

an auction.

verb (used with object), out·cried, out·cry·ing.

to outdo in crying; cry louder than.

Origin of outcry

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at out-, cry

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3. uproar, commotion.

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Contemporary Examples

Limbaugh eventually apologized after an outcry from the left and the right, including from President Obama.
Sandra Fluke, Still Under Attack, Heads to California General Election
Olivia Nuzzi
June 5, 2014
When an outcry ensued, Oktar denied writing the book, and blamed it on his research assistant, according to Solberg.
The Hedonistic, Possibly Holocaust-Denying Sect That’s Hoodwinking Republican Congressmen
Jay Michaelson
April 19, 2014
If Bush does run, however, he could ignore the outcry from the conservative wing of the party.
Tea Party to Jeb Bush: Don’t Tread On Us
David Freedlander
April 8, 2014
Not all the dominos have fallen: Armenia, for example, shelved its version of the anti-propaganda law after a Western outcry.
Putin’s Post-Sochi LGBT Crackdown
Jay Michaelson
February 24, 2014
Unlike the outcry over the Bosnia War 20 years ago, said Soros, “the opinion of the global is lacking today.”
Virtual Syria in Davos
Christopher Dickey
January 24, 2014

Historical Examples

It were a pity, if all this outcry should draw no customers.
A Rill from the Town Pump (From "Twice Told Tales")
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Some of us will have to be ashamed of our outcry after our dead.
Weighed and Wanting
George MacDonald
But there was an outcry, as there has been at every fitting, because I won't wear stays.
The Bacillus of Beauty
Harriet Stark
Seth made no outcry; he knew what the summons meant, and he was content.
A Little Book of Profitable Tales
Eugene Field
Great was the outcry at this wastefulness, on the part of some of the tax payers.
Cleveland Past and Present
Maurice Joblin

British Dictionary definitions for outcry

outcry

noun (ˈaʊtˌkraɪ) plural -cries

a widespread or vehement protest
clamour; uproar
commerce a method of trading in which dealers shout out bids and offers at a prearranged meetingsale by open outcry

verb (ˌaʊtˈkraɪ) -cries, -crying or -cried

(tr) to cry louder or make more noise than (someone or something)

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Word Origin and History for outcry

n.

mid-14c., "act of crying aloud," from out + cry (v.). In metaphoric sense of "public protest," first attested 1911 in George Bernard Shaw.

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Contemporary Examples

Limbaugh eventually apologized after an outcry from the left and the right, including from President Obama.

When an outcry ensued, Oktar denied writing the book, and blamed it on his research assistant, according to Solberg.

If Bush does run, however, he could ignore the outcry from the conservative wing of the party.

Not all the dominos have fallen: Armenia, for example, shelved its version of the anti-propaganda law after a Western outcry.

Unlike the outcry over the Bosnia War 20 years ago, said Soros, “the opinion of the global is lacking today.”

Historical Examples

It were a pity, if all this outcry should draw no customers.

Some of us will have to be ashamed of our outcry after our dead.

But there was an outcry, as there has been at every fitting, because I won't wear stays.

Seth made no outcry; he knew what the summons meant, and he was content.

Great was the outcry at this wastefulness, on the part of some of the tax payers.

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