Words / B2

OWTKR-eye/ˈaʊtkraɪ/

An outcry is a strong public expression of anger or protest: a public outcry; an outcry over fees. Protest is wider; outrage is the feeling or a shocking act (already elsewhere). A public outcry followed the leaked paper. Mix-up: outburst (a personal explosion); cry. Do not write outcry for one private email.

Meaning

A strong public expression of anger or protest.

Examples

• “A public outcry followed the leaked paper, the editorial said.”
• “There was little outcry over the quiet cut, which is the “missing protest” sense.”

Good to know

a public outcry; an outcry over / at. Wider: protest. Trap: outburst. News and citizenship. Many voices at once, not one person’s snap.

Near in meaning

protest

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