outcry

[US]/'aʊtkraɪ/
[UK]/'aʊtkraɪ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.loud shout or scream;public opposition.

Phrases & Collocations

public outcry

loud outcry

social outcry

open outcry

Example Sentences

an outcry of spontaneous passion.

raise an outcry against

the public outcry over the bombing.

public outcry over the rise in prices.

An increase in taxes produced an outcry from the voters.

There was never any outcry about that because cortisone is legal.

It was the one wild outcry, in which the woman's feebler nature got the better of the syren's art.

JPMorgan has faced an outcry among Bear Stearns shareholders about the lowball offer, and faced the possibility that rival deals would begin to surface.

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