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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"
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
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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