Outcry

Definitions

1. A loud cry or uproar.
   countable, uncountable
2. A strong protest.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
3. An auction.
   India, archaic, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“His appearance was greeted with an outcry of jeering.”

“The proposal was met with a public outcry.”

“The Western Region has sought approval for the withdrawal of passenger services between Ashchurch Junction and Upton-on-Severn. There was a proposal to withdraw⟳ the trains as long ago as 1951, but an outcry from Tewkesbury that it would suffer⟳ as a tourist centre secured a reprieve.”

“This is a scorched earth policy, leaving Labour - which has made the right noises, but not loudly enough - with the job of picking up the pieces. Given the incoherence of the plans, the best hope⟳ is that the public outcry - even the Daily Telegraph is against them - delays them enough for a new government to rescue⟳ most of the ticket offices from closure, but this is no way to run⟳ a railway.”

“to send⟳ goods to an outcry”

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