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outcrying

outcrying is the present participle and gerund of outcry.

Meaning of outcry

Verb

outcry (third-person singular simple present outcries, present participle outcrying, simple past and past participle outcried)

  1. (intransitive) To cry out.
    • I think any man who outcries against the power of the government in Germany soon ceases to cry at all, because he is crushed.1919, Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918: Volume 1
    Synonyms:
    bay
  2. (transitive) To cry louder than.
    • […] outcrying the clacking of train wheels, the shrill of the whistle […]2003, Melvyn Bragg, Crossing the Lines, page 355

See all 5 meanings of outcry

Noun

outcrying (plural outcryings)

  1. A crying out.
    • The engine of the ill-fated mail was Stephenson, one of Whale's 4-6-0 "Experiment" class, which fact led to sensational outcryings in the daily papers about the scandal of "experimental machines" being used on fast trains!1952 March, R. S. McNaught, “Joint Line Memories”, in Railway Magazine, page 196

Forms of outcrying

pluraloutcryings

Questions about outcrying

What does outcrying mean?
Outcrying means a crying out.
What is outcrying the present participle and gerund of?
Outcrying is the present participle and gerund of outcry.
What part of speech is outcrying?
Outcrying is a noun.
What is the plural of outcrying?
The plural of outcrying is outcryings.

Words near outcrying in the dictionary

  1. outcrowds
  2. outcrowed
  3. outcrowing
  4. outcrows
  5. outcry
  6. outcrying
  7. outcryings
  8. outcue
  9. outcues
  10. outcun
  11. outcure

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