Outcry

Synonyms for "outcry" (128 found)

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Closest matches (26)

cry auction auction block auction sale bawl bedlam bedlam let loose bellow blast block bobbery boo booing brawl brouhaha charivari chirm clamor clamoring clangor

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clap clatter

Noun(3 words)

ado bother call

Verb(1 words)

call out

Strong matches (38)

commotion complaint convulsion decrial demand din discord dolorous tirade donnybrook drunken brawl dustup dutch auction exclaim exclamation ferment flap fracas free-for-all gaff groan

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hell broke loose hiss hissing hoot hooting howl howling hubbub hue and cry hullabaloo

Noun(5 words)

cry foofaraw fuss holler hoo-ha

Verb(3 words)

cry cry out exclaim

Related words (64)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

15 entries

exceed express give tongue to outdo outgo outmatch outperform outstrip surmount surpass utter utterance verbalise verbalize vocalization

Synonyms

3 entries

cry exclaim outshout

derived

2 entries

open outcry outcrier

derived from

1 entries

cry

related to

4 entries

cry cry out protest uproar

similar

10 entries

call call out cry holler hollo scream shout shout out squall yell

Translations

30 translations across 13 languages.

Bengali

1 entries

চিল্লানি noun (uproar)

Bulgarian

3 entries

викове noun (uproar)
глъчка noun (uproar)
протест noun (strong protest)

Czech

4 entries

bouře nevole noun (strong protest)
bouřlivý protest noun (strong protest)
pobouření noun (strong protest)
výkřik noun (uproar)

French

2 entries

levée de boucliers noun (strong protest)
tollé noun (strong protest)

German

3 entries

Aufschrei noun (strong protest)
Schrei noun (uproar)
Sturm der Entrüstung noun (strong protest)

Italian

1 entries

protesta noun (strong protest)

Korean

1 entries

외침 noun (strong protest)

Latin

1 entries

complōrātiō noun (strong protest)

Māori

3 entries

rarī noun (uproar)
tararau noun (uproar)
tautohenga noun (strong protest)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

خلاش noun (strong protest)

Polish

4 entries

dezaprobata noun (strong protest)
jęk noun (uproar)
kontra noun (strong protest)
krzyk noun (uproar)

Russian

1 entries

проте́ст noun (strong protest)

Spanish

2 entries

asonada noun (strong protest)
protesta noun (strong protest)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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The sinking of the RMS Lusitania caused an international outcry.

Source: tatoeba (4858998)

Fascists avoid creating public outcry by victimizing groups that are already widely despised. Authoritarians cheer genocide as liberals look the other way because they don't want to appear too sympathetic to unpopular causes.

Source: tatoeba (6121779)

Sami's shooting caused a public outcry.

Source: tatoeba (6567923)

The outcry would not abate.

Source: tatoeba (7075759)

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