cry out

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cry out

verb cries out · crying out · cried out

To shout or speak in a loud voice, due to pain, fear or unhappiness. Vſurers, you are none of theſe cryers vnto God, but thoſe that hourely vnto God are most cryde out againſt. God hath cryde out vnto you by his Preachers, GOD hath cride out vnto you by the poore ; Pryſoners on their death-beds haue cride out of you : and when they haue had but one houre to interceſſ
Similar: see Thesaurus:shout
To need. Your book cries out to be edited.

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verb to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness

Kiswahili	kupiga yowe
Português	gritar
Français	crier, hurler
Deutsch	schreien, aufschreien

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@misc{cry_out_2026,
  title = {cry out},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cry%20out},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}