noun
Meaning 1
A loud cry or uproar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- His appearance was greeted with an outcry of jeering.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rumpus
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
outcry
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK, US: outʹkrī
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UK, US: /ˈaʊtkɹaɪ/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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UK, US: out-krīʹ
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UK, US: /aʊtˈkɹaɪ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -aɪ
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CMU ARPABET: AW1 T K R AY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A strong protest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Examples
- The proposal was met with a public outcry.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An auction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, archaic, countable, uncountable
Examples
- to send goods to an outcry
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To cry out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bay
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To cry louder than.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cry, call, yell, shout, vociferation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: utterance, vocalization
Narrower terms: bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl, blue murder, catcall, clamor, clamoring, clamour, clamouring, hue and cry, halloo, hoot, hosanna, noise, scream, screaming, shriek, shrieking, screech, screeching, whoop, war cry, war whoop, rallying cry, battle cry, yelling, shouting, yodel, boo, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry, razzing, razz, snort, bird
verb
Meaning 7
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, cry out, call out, shout
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Narrower terms: gee, ooh, aah
verb
Meaning 8
shout louder than
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: outshout
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform
History
Etymology
From Middle English outcry, outcri, outcrye, equivalent to out- + cry. The verb is from Middle English outcrien.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bengali: চিল্লানি (cillani) — uproar
- Bulgarian: викове (vikove) — uproar
- Bulgarian: глъчка (glǎčka) — uproar
- Czech: výkřik — uproar
- German: Schrei — uproar
- Māori: rarī — uproar
- Māori: tararau — uproar
- Polish: jęk — uproar
- Polish: krzyk — uproar
- Polish: wycie — uproar
- Polish: płacz — uproar
- Bulgarian: протест (protest) — strong protest
- Czech: bouřlivý protest — strong protest
- Czech: pobouření — strong protest
- Czech: bouře nevole — strong protest
- French: levée de boucliers — strong protest
- French: tollé — strong protest
- German: Aufschrei — strong protest
- German: Sturm der Entrüstung — strong protest
- Italian: protesta — strong protest
- Korean: 외침 (oechim) — strong protest
- Latin: complōrātiō — strong protest
- Māori: tautohenga — strong protest
- Polish: odzew — strong protest
- Polish: dezaprobata — strong protest
- Polish: kontra — strong protest
- Russian: проте́ст (protést) — strong protest
- Spanish: protesta — strong protest
- Spanish: asonada — strong protest
- Ottoman Turkish: خلاش (hılaş) — strong protest