Results for outcry

Definitions of outcry:

part of speech: noun

Clamour; noisy opposition; cry of distress.

part of speech: noun

A loud cry of distress:.

Usage examples for outcry:

• There was an outcry a confusion. "The Branding Iron", Katharine Newlin Burt

• They were determined that the fury with which they denounced Aponius should not fall short of their outcry against Flavianus. "Tacitus: The Histories, Volumes I and II", Caius Cornelius Tacitus

• With joyous outcry the children sprang to his embrace and Zulime kissed him with such sincerity of regard that he gave her a convulsive hug. "A Daughter of the Middle Border", Hamlin Garland

• The Ministry, in the face of a loud outcry from those who believed that the strength of England consisted in her readiness to assert her own brute strength at the expense of others, chose the third way out of the difficulty. "A Short History of English Liberalism", Walter Lyon Blease