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Definition of Cry out for
1. Verb. Need badly or desperately. "This question cries out for an answer"
Generic synonyms: Ask, Call For, Demand, Involve, Necessitate, Need, Postulate, Require, Take
Definition of Cry out for
1. Verb. To be in urgent need (of) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cry Out For
Literary usage of Cry out for
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"cry out for all Moab ; ; 8. Also when I cry and shout, ; 8.1 fell upon my face,
and cried, : 13. fell I down upon my face, and cried :30.and shall cry ..."
2. Modern Literature for Oral Interpretation: Practice Book for Vocal Expression by Gertrude Elizabeth Johnson (1920)
"I tell my wife to beat me till I cry out for mercy." . So when his followers
returned to their houses that day and had finished their first exercise in ..."
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