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outcries

outcries is the plural of outcry.

outcries is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outcry.

Meaning of outcry

Noun

outcry (countable and uncountable, plural outcries)

  1. A loud cry or uproar.
    • His appearance was greeted with an outcry of jeering.
    Synonyms:
    rumpus, noise
  2. (figuratively) A strong protest.
    • The proposal was met with a public outcry.
  3. (India, archaic) An auction.
    • to send goods to an outcry

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Questions about outcries

What is outcries the plural of?
Outcries is the plural of outcry.

Words near outcries in the dictionary

  1. outcreeps
  2. outcrept
  3. outcried
  4. outcrier
  5. outcriers
  6. outcries
  7. outcrop
  8. outcropped
  9. outcropper
  10. outcroppers
  11. outcropping

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outcries (page history and authors); outcry (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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