outcry en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- outʹkrī (UK, US)
- (US) audio
- /ˈaʊtkɹaɪ/ (UK, US)
Etymology
From Middle English outcry, outcri, outcrye, equivalent to out- + cry. The verb is from Middle English outcrien.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A loud cry or uproar.
His appearance was greeted with an outcry of jeering.
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) A strong protest.
The Western Region has sought approval for the withdrawal of passenger services between Ashchurch Junction and Upton-on-Severn. There was a proposal to withdraw the trains as long ago as 1951, but an outcry from Tewkesbury that it would suffer as a tourist centre secured a reprieve.
1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 134:The proposal was met with a public outcry.
This is a scorched earth policy, leaving Labour - which has made the right noises, but not loudly enough - with the job of picking up the pieces. Given the incoherence of the plans, the best hope is that the public outcry - even the Daily Telegraph is against them - delays them enough for a new government to rescue most of the ticket offices from closure, but this is no way to run a railway.
2023 July 26, Christian Wolmar, “Closing ticket offices to lead to 'catch-22' for passengers”, in RAIL, number 988, page 43:
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(India, archaic, countable, uncountable) An auction.
to send goods to an outcry
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outcries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (30)
pl kontra (strong protest) · fr levée de boucliers (strong protest) · bg глъчка (uproar) · de Sturm der Entrüstung (strong protest) · pl wycie (uproar) · la complōrātiō (strong protest) · it protesta (strong protest) · de Aufschrei (strong protest) · ko 외침 (strong protest) · pl krzyk (uproar) · bg протест (strong protest) · ru проте́ст (strong protest) · pl jęk (uproar) · ota خلاش (strong protest) · cs bouřlivý protest (strong protest) · fr tollé (strong protest) · cs výkřik (uproar) · bn চিল্লানি (uproar) · mi tautohenga (strong protest) · mi tararau (uproar) · pl płacz (uproar) · cs bouře nevole (strong protest) · bg викове (uproar) · cs pobouření (strong protest) · es protesta (strong protest) · pl odzew (strong protest) · es asonada (strong protest) · pl dezaprobata (strong protest) · mi rarī (uproar) · de Schrei (uproar)