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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