outcry
(figuratively) A strong protest.
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Simeone leads Atletico Madrid outcry after penalty appeals ignored in Arsenal defeat https://www.europesays.com/spain/17832/ Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big…
After public outcry saved the beach basketball courts, Fort Lauderdale residents criticized the new redesign for Fort Lauderdale Beach Park.
Note: Actually it is the other war round, Zack is on the left. ;-) Where is the anti-Semitism outcry from Israel?
Farage lies about a 5 million pound donation in crypto and where’s the outcry ? Our media is silent on Farage ( apart from The Guardian and a few others ) All I hear is crickets 🦗 Time to get my milkshake ready 😁
in a slightly elated note but this is something we have experienced with elden rings endings. wont go too into the weeds, unless you are curious, but we have seen a large outcry for the ending where the player tries…
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(figuratively) A strong protest.
The proposal was met with a public outcry.
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(countable, uncountable) A loud cry or uproar.
His appearance was greeted with an outcry of jeering.
"outcry" means: A loud cry or uproar.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"outcry" means: A loud cry or uproar.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“Simeone leads Atletico Madrid outcry after penalty appeals ignored in Arsenal defeat https://www.europesays.com/spain/17832/ Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…”
— Bluesky· May 2026“After public outcry saved the beach basketball courts, Fort Lauderdale residents criticized the new redesign for Fort Lauderdale Beach Park.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Note: Actually it is the other war round, Zack is on the left. ;-) Where is the anti-Semitism outcry from Israel?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Farage lies about a 5 million pound donation in crypto and where’s the outcry ? Our media is silent on Farage ( apart from The Guardian and a few others ) All I hear is crickets 🦗 Time to get my milkshake ready 😁”
— Bluesky· May 2026“in a slightly elated note but this is something we have experienced with elden rings endings. wont go too into the weeds, unless you are curious, but we have seen a large outcry for the ending where the player tries to destroy everything as the best one.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(India, archaic, countable, uncountable) An auction.
to send goods to an outcry
“100 Days, No Outcry – The Cost of Speaking Out Pakistan's amended #cybercrime law criminalizes #dissent through vague charges, but prosecution weaponized it against two prominent #rights lawyers while courts enable state silencing of critical voices”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Just for a minute think what the outcry would be if this was in Golders Green,I never even seen this on any news channel.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I don't remember the same outcry from the MSM and government in February when an 18 Yr old Muslim was stabbed to death, and 2 of his friends injured, outside a Mosque?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Sure, we know the names. But accountability isn't in slogans, it's in action. Look at Jeffrey Epstein's enablers: high-profile names still untouched. Impeachment sounds catchy, yet it's systemic inertia that's letting them slip away, not a lack of public outcry.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“For the heck of it, just did a lottery simm at Tankathon. Imagine the Leaf fans outcry if the Leafs drop down one spot in the draft, and then that pick becomes Boston's pick.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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