"cry out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: cries out [present, singular, third-person], crying out [participle, present], cried out [participle, past], cried out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cry out (third-person singular simple present cries out, present participle crying out, simple past and past participle cried out)
  1. To shout in a loud voice, due to pain, or fear, or unhappiness. Related terms: cry it out, cry out for Translations (to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness): ἀνακράζω (anakrázō) (Ancient Greek), চিল্লানি (cillani) (Bengali), zakřičet (Czech), schreeuwen (Dutch), ekkrii (Esperanto), huutaa (Finnish), parkua (Finnish), parkaista (Finnish), parahtaa (Finnish), älähtää (Finnish), crier (French), hurler (French), vosâ (Friulian), schreien (German), aufschreien (German), 𐌷𐍂𐍉𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hrōpjan) (Gothic), kriar (Ido), äänehtiä (Ingrian), ploro (Latin), exclāmō (Latin), karerā (english: due to pain) (Maori), ushemeza (Ngazidja Comorian), clipian (Old English), sċrēon (Old English), سسلنمك (seslenmek) (Ottoman Turkish), schrieen (Plautdietsch), kupiga yowe (Swahili), seslenmek (Turkish), 𐎕𐎈 (ṣḥ) (Ugaritic), אויסשרײַען (oysshrayen) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-cry_out-en-verb-BbuUp13a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out)

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness",
      "word": "চিল্লানি"
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    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "word": "schreien"
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      "word": "𐌷𐍂𐍉𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽"
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      "word": "ἀνακράζω"
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      "sense": "to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness",
      "word": "kriar"
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      "sense": "to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness",
      "word": "äänehtiä"
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      "sense": "to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness",
      "word": "ploro"
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      "lang": "Latin",
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