Usually means: Desperately need or require something.
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  1. cry out for: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. cry out for: Vocabulary.com
  3. cry out for: Wiktionary
  4. cry out for: Dictionary.com
  5. cry out for: Rhymezone
  6. cry out for: FreeDictionary.org
  7. cry out for: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. cry out for: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. cry out for: Legal dictionary

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  1. cry out for: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cry out for)

▸ verb:  To be in urgent need (of)

Similar:
cry for, urge, demand, ache for, thirst, come on strong, anhele, outplead, gasp, eager, more...

Opposite:
whisper, murmur, mumble, mutter, speak softly

Types:
plead, beg, demand, request, require, more...

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Similar:
cry for, urge, demand, ache for, thirst, come on strong, anhele, outplead, gasp, eager, more...

Opposite:
whisper, murmur, mumble, mutter, speak softly

Types:
plead, beg, demand, request, require, more...



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