cry out for

Verb

Meaning

need badly or desperately

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

cry for long need require pant claim demand want desire aim ask dream fancy necessitate ache

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Antonyms

miss grant slight reject hate forget

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Hypernyms

take need require demand involve ask

Examples

This question cries out for an answer Source: Internet

According to him, Williams' marriage is dead on arrival as his wife would soon cry out for help. Source: Internet

And while the dead may wish to return, those who are alive desperately cry out for love, money and sex. Source: Internet

He told me, “The victims haven’t the means to use the justice system in order to get redress; they cry out for justice.” Source: Internet

I think there are some foods that cry out for milk. Source: Internet

I will obey your I cry out to you; rescue me, that I may obey your I rise early, before the sun is up; I cry out for help and put my hope in your I stay awake through the night, thinking about your promise. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

cry one's heart out cry oneself to sleep cry out cry over cry over spilled milk cry over spilt milk