different between outcry vs mourning
outcry
English
Etymology
From Middle English outcry, outcri, outcrye, equivalent to out- +? cry.The verb is from Middle English outcrien.
Pronunciation
Noun
- (UK, US) enPR: out?kr?, IPA(key): /?a?tk?a?/
Verb
- (UK, US) enPR: out-kr??, IPA(key): /a?t?k?a?/
Noun
outcry (plural outcries)
- A loud cry or uproar.
- (figuratively) A strong protest.
- (India, archaic) An auction.
- to send goods to an outcry
Translations
Verb
outcry (third-person singular simple present outcries, present participle outcrying, simple past and past participle outcried)
- (intransitive) To cry out.
- 1919, Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918: Volume 1
- I think any man who outcries against the power of the government in Germany soon ceases to cry at all, because he is crushed.
- 1919, Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918: Volume 1
- (transitive) To cry louder than.
- 2003, Melvyn Bragg, Crossing the lines (page 355)
- ...outcrying the clacking of train wheels, the shrill of the whistle...
- 2007, Anthony Dalton, Alone Against the Arctic (page 104)
- The dogs added their voices to the din, howling for hours, each trying to outcry the others.
- 2003, Melvyn Bragg, Crossing the lines (page 355)
Anagrams
- cry out
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mourning
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m??n??/; (rare) IPA(key): /?m??n??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m??n??/; (rare) IPA(key): /?m??n??/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /?mo(?)?n??/; (rare) IPA(key): /?m??n??/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /?mo?n??/; (rare) IPA(key): /?m??n??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)n??
- Homophones: morning (accents with the horse–hoarse merger), moaning (accents with the dough–door merger)
Verb
mourning
- present participle of mourn
Noun
mourning (countable and uncountable, plural mournings)
- The act of expressing or feeling sorrow or regret; lamentation.
- Feeling or expressing sorrow over someone's death.
- 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter 23
- "My greatest wish now," she added, "is to get back to Kansas, for Aunt Em will surely think something dreadful has happened to me, and that will make her put on mourning; and unless the crops are better this year than they were last, I am sure Uncle Henry cannot afford it."
- 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter 23
- The traditional clothes worn by those who mourn (in Western societies, typically coloured black).
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 88:
- ‘I'm bored. I can't go out anywhere because it's too soon and I have to wear this disgusting mourning.’
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 88:
- Drapes or coverings associated with mourning.
- The houses to their tops with black were spread, / And ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid.
Derived terms
- national mourning
Translations
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