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CRY OUT FOR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Need badly or desperately

Example:

This question cries out for an answer

Synonyms:

cry for; cry out for

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "cry out for" is one way to...):

ask; call for; demand; involve; necessitate; need; postulate; require; take (require as useful, just, or proper)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

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