Etymology

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#OUTCRYCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#OUTCRY outcry, outcri, outcrye, equivalent to out- +‎ cryCategory:English terms prefixed with out-#CRY. The verb is from Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#OUTCRYCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#OUTCRY outcrien.

Pronunciation

Noun

• (UK, US) enPR: outʹkrī, IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtkɹaɪ/Category:English 2-syllable words#OUTCRYCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#OUTCRY

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Verb

• (UK, US) enPR: out-krīʹ, IPA^(key): /aʊtˈkɹaɪ/Category:English 2-syllable words#OUTCRYCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#OUTCRY

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  • Rhymes: -aɪCategory:Rhymes:English/aɪ#OUTCRYCategory:Rhymes:English/aɪ/2 syllables#OUTCRY

Noun

outcry (countable and uncountable, plural outcries)Category:English lemmas#OUTCRYCategory:English nouns#OUTCRYCategory:English uncountable nouns#OUTCRYCategory:English countable nouns#OUTCRYCategory:English countable nouns#OUTCRYCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#OUTCRYCategory:Pages with entries#OUTCRYCategory:Pages with 1 entry#OUTCRY

1. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#OUTCRY, uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#OUTCRY) A loud cry or uproar.

   Synonym: rumpus

   His appearance was greeted with an outcry of jeering.Category:English terms with usage examples#OUTCRY

2. (figuratively) A strong protest.

   The proposal was met with a public outcry.Category:English terms with usage examples#OUTCRY

   • 1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 134:

     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.

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   • 2023 July 26, Christian Wolmar, “Closing ticket offices to lead to 'catch-22' for passengers”, in RAIL, number 988, page 43:

     This is a scorched earth policy, leaving Labour - which has made the right noises, but not loudly enough - with the job of picking up the pieces. Given the incoherence of the plans, the best hope is that the public outcry - even the Daily Telegraph is against them - delays them enough for a new government to rescue most of the ticket offices from closure, but this is no way to run a railway.

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3. (IndiaCategory:Indian English#OUTCRY, archaicCategory:English terms with archaic senses#OUTCRY, countableCategory:English countable nouns#OUTCRY, uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#OUTCRY) An auction.

   to send goods to an outcryCategory:English terms with usage examples#OUTCRY

Verb

outcry (third-person singular simple present outcries, present participle outcrying, simple past and past participle outcried)Category:English lemmas#OUTCRYCategory:English verbs#OUTCRYCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#OUTCRYCategory:Pages with entries#OUTCRYCategory:Pages with 1 entry#OUTCRY

1. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#OUTCRY) To cry out.

   Synonym: (of certain animals) bay

   • 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.

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3. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#OUTCRY) To cry louder than.
   • 2003, Melvyn Bragg, Crossing the Lines, page 355:

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

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   • 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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Anagrams

• cry out