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Outcry

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A loud cry or uproar. countable, uncountable

    "His appearance was greeted with an outcry of jeering."

  2. 2
    a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition wordnet
  3. 3
    A strong protest. countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "The proposal was met with a public outcry."

  4. 4
    An auction. India, archaic, countable, uncountable

    "to send goods to an outcry"

Verb
  1. 1
    To cry out. intransitive

    "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. 2
    utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy wordnet
  3. 3
    To cry louder than. transitive

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

  4. 4
    shout louder than wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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