Definizione monolingua

outcry

outcry (third-person singular simple present outcries, present participle outcrying, simple past and past participle outcried)

1. (intransitive) To cry out.
   • 1919, Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918: Volume 1

     I think any man who outcries against the power of the government in Germany soon ceases to cry at all, because he is crushed.

2. (transitive) To cry louder than.
   • 2003, Melvyn Bragg, Crossing the lines (page 355)

     ...outcrying the clacking of train wheels, the shrill of the whistle...

   • 2007, Anthony Dalton, Alone Against the Arctic (page 104)

     The dogs added their voices to the din, howling for hours, each trying to outcry the others.

outcry (plural outcries)

1. a loud cry or uproar

   His appearance was greeted with an outcry of jeering.

2. a strong protest

   The proposal was met with a public outcry.

Definizione dizionario outcry

clamore

grido

protesta

Altri significati:

a loud cry or uproar

strong protest

(intransitive) To cry out.

(transitive) To cry louder than.

a strong protest