outcry

plural outcries

1. countableuncountableA loud cry or uproar.

   His appearance was greeted with an outcry of jeering.

   Synonyms: rumpus, noise

2. countablefigurativelyuncountableA strong protest.

   The proposal was met with a public outcry.

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   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

   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

3. IndiaarchaiccountableuncountableAn auction.

   to send goods to an outcry

present singular third person outcries · participle present outcrying · participle past outcried · past outcried

1. intransitiveTo cry out.

   I think any man who outcries against the power of the government in Germany soon ceases to cry at all, because he is crushed.

   1919, Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918: Volume 1

   Synonyms: bay

2. transitiveTo cry louder than.

   […] outcrying the clacking of train wheels, the shrill of the whistle […]

   2003, Melvyn Bragg, Crossing the Lines, page 355

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   The dogs added their voices to the din, howling for hours, each trying to outcry the others.

   2007, Anthony Dalton, Alone Against the Arctic, page 104

   Synonyms: overcry