cry out for sth
— phrasal verb with cry uk/kraɪ/us/kraɪ/verb [ I or T ]
C2 to need a particular thing very much:
The country is crying out for a change in leadership.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Lacking things
- bankrupt
- bankruptcy
- be hard up (for sth) idiom
- bereft
- catch
- cupboard
- demand
- hole
- lacking
- need
- need sth like you need a hole in the head idiom
- needful
- needy
- short
- take
- the cupboard is bare idiom
- the UN
- unsatisfied
- vacuum
- want
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