Definitions for outcry
ˈaʊtˌkraɪout·c·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferationverb

   a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition

   "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"

2. outshout, outcryverb

   shout louder than

3. exclaim, cry, cry out, outcry, call out, shoutverb

   utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. outcrynoun

   a loud cry or uproar

   His appearance was greeted with an outcry of jeering.

2. outcrynoun

   a strong protest

   The proposal was met with a public outcry.

3. outcryverb

   To cry out.

4. outcryverb

   To cry louder than.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Outcrynoun

   Etymology: out and cry.

   1. Cry of vehemence; cry of distress; clamour.

   These outcries the magistrates there shun, since they are readily hearkened unto here. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

   So strange thy outcry, and thy words so strange
   Thou interposest, that my sudden hand
   Prevented, spares. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. ii.

   I make my way
   Where noises, tumults, outcries, and alarms
   I heard. John Denham.

   2. Clamour of detestation.

   There is not any one vice, incident to the mind of man, against which the world has raised such a loud and universal outcry, as against ingratitude. Robert South, Serm.

   3.A publick sale; an auction. Robert Ainsworth

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Outcry

   owt′krī, n. a loud cry of distress: a confused noise: a public auction.—v.t. to cry louder than.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of outcry in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of outcry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of outcry in a Sentence

1. Ted Wheeler:

   It is clear, based on the public outcry, on themedia outcry, on the national front, that that strategy was not the right strategy, i think we can all acknowledge that.

2. Glenn Hollander:

   There’s lot of expertise and a lot of history that is going to be lost, a lot of understanding of why the market is doing something, i think open-outcry died because as electronics came in the people who were afraid of them didn’t embrace them. And pit traders just got swept away like a tsunami.

3. Eyup Burc:

   This was done deliberately, to send a message to the media: that Can Dundar and Erdem Gul may have been released due to the public outcry, but that doesn't mean the government is retreating from its course.

4. Chip Roy:

   Because the PGA Tour doesn't want to deal with any of the outcry from the left that 'Oh my gosh that they catch one of their spectators out on the side of a golf course, in 80-degree Austin, outdoors,'.

5. Braden Perry:

   It really comes down to the numbers of people who are trading still in the open-outcry system.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=outcry
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Outcry
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=outcry
4. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=outcry