cry (out) for

  • 41cry — verb (cries, crying, cried) 1》 shed tears. 2》 shout or scream loudly.     ↘(of a hawker) proclaim (wares) for sale. 3》 (of a bird or other animal) make a loud characteristic call. 4》 (cry out for) demand as a self evident requirement or solution …

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  • 42cry for — verb need badly or desperately This question cries out for an answer • Syn: ↑cry out for • Hypernyms: ↑necessitate, ↑ask, ↑postulate, ↑need, ↑require, ↑ …

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  • 43cry for — Synonyms and related words: ache for, adjure, appeal, appeal to, ask, ask for, be dying for, be hurting for, be indicated, beg, beseech, blackmail, call for, call for help, call on, call upon, challenge, claim, clamor for, conjure, crave, cry on …

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  • 44cry — I. verb (cried; crying) Etymology: Middle English crien, from Anglo French crier, from Latin quiritare to make a public outcry, perhaps from Quirit , Quiris, Roman citizen Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to utter loudly ; shout 2 …

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  • 45cry for — or[cry out for] {v.}, {informal} To need badly; be lacking in. * /It has not rained for two weeks and the garden is crying for it./ * /The school is crying out for good teachers./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 46cry for — or[cry out for] {v.}, {informal} To need badly; be lacking in. * /It has not rained for two weeks and the garden is crying for it./ * /The school is crying out for good teachers./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 47For the Working Class Man — Infobox Album Name = For the Working Class Man Type = studio Longtype = Artist = Jimmy Barnes Cover size = Caption = Released = 1985 Recorded = Genre = Hard rock Length = Language = English Label = flagicon|AUSMushroom Records Producer = Jonathan …

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  • 48cry — [krī] vi. cried, crying [ME crien < OFr crier < L quiritare, to wail, shriek (var. of quirritare, to squeal like a pig < * quis, echoic of a squeal); assoc. in ancient folk etym. with L Quirites, Roman citizens (as if meaning “to call… …

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  • 49Cry — (kr[imac]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cried} (kr[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crying}.] [F. crier, cf. L. quiritare to raise a plaintive cry, scream, shriek, perh. fr. queri to complain; cf. Skr. cvas to pant, hiss, sigh. Cf. {Quarrel} a brawl,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 50Cry — Cry, v. t. 1. To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly. [1913 Webster] All, all, cry shame against ye, yet I ll speak. Shak. [1913 Webster] The man . . . ran on,crying, Life! life! Eternal life! Bunyan. [1913… …

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