Usually means: Passionate outcry from the heart.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word cri de coeur:

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  1. cri de coeur: Merriam-Webster
  2. cri de coeur: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. cri de coeur: Collins English Dictionary
  4. cri de coeur: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. cri-de-coeur, cri de coeur: Wiktionary
  6. cri de coeur: Dictionary.com
  7. Cri de Coeur: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. cri de coeur: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  9. cri de coeur: Foreign Words and Phrases
  10. cri de coeur: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See cris_de_coeur as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cri de coeur)

▸ noun:  An impassioned outcry, appeal, protest or entreaty.

Similar:
cri de cœur, cri-de-coeur, clepe, crux, cryfest, countercuff, croisado, crucession, cockle, coath, more...

Opposite:
apathy, indifference, detachment

Adjectives:
clamant, exclamative, conclamant, shouty, hep, crying, rah-rah, ah, exclamatory, sobbing, yell

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Similar:
cri de cœur, cri-de-coeur, clepe, crux, cryfest, countercuff, croisado, crucession, cockle, coath, more...

Opposite:
apathy, indifference, detachment

Adjectives:
clamant, exclamative, conclamant, shouty, hep, crying, rah-rah, ah, exclamatory, sobbing, yell



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