for crying out loud

Interjection

Meaning

for crying out loud

(idiomatic, colloquial) Used to express frustration, exasperation, or annoyance.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:for the love of God
Oh, for crying out loud, get off the computer! You've been on there for ages!

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I'm not a goddess, for crying out loud. I'm a regular person who took feminism - which I have a deep connection to - and mixed it with music, which I really love to do. Kathleen Hanna

I'm Latin, for crying out loud - I can't hold anything back! Odette Annable

… Ask Siri, for crying out loud. Source: Internet

Idiots commentators here will say who will he bench… for crying out loud he plays with Egyptian internationals at Al-Ahly and he has always been a starter except when unfit for reasons of injury. Source: Internet

If things are still not working we can dig in deeper, but for crying out loud, don’t just keep doing what is not working! Source: Internet

He was a bust in college for crying out loud. Source: Internet

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