Definitions for outcries

outcries out·cry

Spelling: [noun out-krahy; verb, out-krahy]
IPA: /noun ˈaʊtˌkraɪ; verb, ˌaʊtˈkraɪ/

Outcries is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 446 anagrams from letters in outcries (ceiorstu).

Definitions for outcries

noun

  1. a strong and usually public expression of protest, indignation, or the like.
  2. a crying out.
  3. loud clamor.
  4. an auction.

verb (used with object)

  1. to outdo in crying; cry louder than.

Origin of outcries

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at out-, cry

Examples for outcries

If Bush does run, however, he could ignore the outcry from the conservative wing of the party.

Not all the dominos have fallen: Armenia, for example, shelved its version of the anti-propaganda law after a Western outcry.

But there was an outcry, as there has been at every fitting, because I won't wear stays.

Seth made no outcry; he knew what the summons meant, and he was content.

It were a pity, if all this outcry should draw no customers.

Unlike the outcry over the Bosnia War 20 years ago, said Soros, “the opinion of the global is lacking today.”

Great was the outcry at this wastefulness, on the part of some of the tax payers.

Limbaugh eventually apologized after an outcry from the left and the right, including from President Obama.

When an outcry ensued, Oktar denied writing the book, and blamed it on his research assistant, according to Solberg.

Some of us will have to be ashamed of our outcry after our dead.

Word Value for outcries
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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