Phrase guide

cry out

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To shout in a loud voice, due to pain, or fear, or unhappiness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • `I won!' he exclaimed
  • `Help!' she cried
  • `I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exclaim, cry, outcry, call out, shout

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to

Narrower terms: gee, ooh, aah

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: চিল্লানি (cillani) — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Ngazidja Comorian: ushemeza — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Czech: zakřičet — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Dutch: schreeuwen — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Esperanto: ekkrii — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Finnish: huutaa — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Finnish: parkua — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Finnish: parkaista — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Finnish: parahtaa — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Finnish: älähtää — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • French: crier — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • French: hurler — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Friulian: vosâ — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • German: schreien — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • German: aufschreien — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐍂𐍉𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hrōpjan) — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Ancient Greek: ἀνακράζω (anakrázō) — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Ido: kriar — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Ingrian: äänehtiä — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Irish: scread — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Latin: ploro — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Latin: exclāmō — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Māori: karerā — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Old English: clipian — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Old English: sċrēon — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Plautdietsch: schrieen — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Polish: krzyczeć — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Polish: krzyknąć — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Polish: wykrzyczeć — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Polish: wykrzyknąć — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Polish: wrzeszczeć — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Polish: wrzasnąć — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Polish: zawołać — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Polish: jęknąć — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Polish: zapłakać — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Portuguese: gritar — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Swahili: kupiga yowe — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Turkish: seslenmek — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Ottoman Turkish: چاغرمق (çağırmak) — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Ottoman Turkish: سسلنمك (seslenmek) — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Ugaritic: 𐎕𐎈 (ṣḥ) — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness
  • Yiddish: אויסשרײַען (oysshrayen) — to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness