Antonyms for outcry


Grammar : Noun
Spell : noun out-krahy; verb, out-krahy
Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈaʊtˌkraɪ; verb, ˌaʊtˈkraɪ


Definition of outcry

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "act of crying aloud," from out + cry (v.). In metaphoric sense of "public protest," first attested 1911 in George Bernard Shaw.
  • noun scream, exclamation
Example sentences :
  • It were a pity, if all this outcry should draw no customers.
  • Extract from : « A Rill from the Town Pump (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Some of us will have to be ashamed of our outcry after our dead.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • But there was an outcry, as there has been at every fitting, because I won't wear stays.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • Seth made no outcry; he knew what the summons meant, and he was content.
  • Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field
  • Great was the outcry at this wastefulness, on the part of some of the tax payers.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • Stunned by the tragedy, none of the victims had made much of an outcry.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
  • Nor were they alone affected by the outcry from within the prison.
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • There was no outcry; simply a spurt of blood and brain, and all was over.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • She made no outcry as Lieders had dreaded, over his leaving the shop.
  • Extract from : « Stories of a Western Town » by Octave Thanet
  • There was much noise and outcry, and old Iron sent for his son.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

Synonyms for outcry

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