Definition of Cry out

1. Verb. Utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy. "They cry out that there was a traffic accident "; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost"

Exact synonyms: Call Out, Cry, Exclaim, Outcry, Shout
Specialized synonyms: Gee, Aah, Ooh
Related verbs: Call, Cry, Holler, Hollo, Scream, Shout, Shout Out, Squall, Yell, Call Out
Generic synonyms: Express, Give Tongue To, Utter, Verbalise, Verbalize
Derivative terms: Exclaiming, Exclamation, Exclamatory, Shout

Definition of Cry out

1. Verb. To shout in a loud voice, due to pain, or fear, or unhappiness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cry Out

cry-baby tree
cry all the way to the bank
cry babies
cry baby
cry blue murder
cry down
cry for
cry for help
cry havoc
cry in one's beer
cry into one's beer
cry like a baby
cry like a little girl
cry off
cry one's eyes out
cry out (current term)
cry out against
cry out for
cry reflex
cry someone a river
cry the blues
cry uncle
cry wolf
cryaesthesia
cryalgesia
cryanesthesia
crybabies
crybaby
crybaby tree
cryesthesia

Literary usage of Cry out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, Izaak Walton (1909)
"To cry out FAITH. Oh ! a great deal; a man may cry out against sin . . r. . . , , . , against sin, or policy; but he cannot abhor it, but by vertue of a ..."

2. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"CRY, OUT OF. Out of all estimation. A quaint, familiar phrase, ... Out of all whooping," as used by Shakespeare : See also OUT OF ALL но. t^o cry out. ..."

3. The English Reader by Lindley Murray (1830)
"... and revolving round its attractive influence, an which are lost to our sight in immeasurable wilds of ether. 4 Are we ready to cry out in a ..."

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