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hue and cry
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hue and cry, n.
1 a loud clamour or outcry.
2 hist. a a loud cry raised for the pursuit of a wrongdoer. b a proclamation for the capture of a criminal.
1 a loud clamour or outcry.
2 hist. a a loud cry raised for the pursuit of a wrongdoer. b a proclamation for the capture of a criminal.
Etymology
AF hu e cri f. OF hu outcry (f. huer shout) + e and + cri cry
THESAURUS
hue and cry
Bedlam let loose, Klaxon, Mayday, PR, SOS, air-raid alarm, alarm, alarm bell, alarm clock, alarm signal, alarum, alert, all clear, ballyhoo, beacon, bedlam, blast, blinking light, blurb, bobbery, brawl, bright light, brouhaha, burglar alarm, buzzer, celebrity, charivari, chase, chirm, clamor, clangor, clap, clatter, common knowledge, commotion, crostarie, cry, currency, daylight, din, discord, dogging, donnybrook, drunken brawl, dustup, eclat, exposure, fame, famousness, fiery cross, fire alarm, fire bell, fire flag, five-minute gun, flap, flashing light, fog bell, fog signal, foghorn, follow, follow-up, following, fracas, free-for-all, gaff, gale warning, glare, hell broke loose, hoopla, hooter, horn, howl, hubbub, hullabaloo, hunting, hurricane warning, jangle, lighthouse, limelight, loud noise, maximum dissemination, noise, noise and shouting, note of alarm, notoriety, occulting light, outcry, pandemonium, plug, police whistle, press notice, prosecution, public eye, public knowledge, public relations, public report, publicity, publicity story, publicness, puff, pursuance, pursuing, pursuit, quest, racket, rattle, reclame, report, rhubarb, roar, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, searching, seeking, shadowing, shindy, shivaree, signal of distress, siren, small-craft warning, spotlight, stalking, still alarm, storm cone, storm flag, storm warning, thunder, thunderclap, tintamarre, tocsin, tracking, tracking down, trailing, tumult, two-minute gun, uproar, upside-down flag, vociferation, whistle, write-upROGET THESAURUS
hue and cry
Pursuit
N pursuit, pursuing, prosecution, pursuance, enterprise, business, adventure, quest, scramble, hue and cry, game, hobby, still-hunt, chase, hunt, battue, race, steeple chase, hunting, coursing, venation, venery, fox chase, sport, sporting, shooting, angling, fishing, hawking, shikar (Geog loc:India), pursuer, hunter, huntsman, shikari (Geog loc:India), sportsman, Nimrod, hound, pursuing, in quest of, in pursuit, in full cry, in hot pursuit, on the scent, in pursuance of, after, Int, tallyho!, yoicks!, soho!.Alarm
N alarm, alarum, larum, alarm bell, tocsin, alerts, beat of drum, sound of trumpet, note of alarm, hue and cry, fire cross, signal of distress, blue lights, war-cry, war- whoop, warning, fogsignal, foghorn, yellow flag, danger signal, red light, red flag, fire bell, police whistle, false alarm, cry of wolf, bug-bear, bugaboo, alarming, Int, sauve qui peut!, every man for himself!, qui vive?.Disapprobation
N disapprobation, disapproval, improbation, disesteem, disvaluation, displacency, odium, dislike, dispraise, discommendation, blame, censure, obloquy, detraction, disparagement, depreciation, denunciation, condemnation, ostracism, black list, animadversion, reflection, stricture, objection, exception, criticism, sardonic grin, sardonic laugh, sarcasm, insinuation, innuendo, bad compliment, poor compliment, left-handed compliment, satire, sneer, taunt, cavil, carping, censoriousness, hypercriticism, reprehension, remonstrance, expostulation, reproof, reprobation, admonition, increpation, reproach, rebuke, reprimand, castigation, jobation, lecture, curtain lecture, blow up, wigging, dressing, rating, scolding, trimming, correction, set down, rap on the knuckles, coup de bec, rebuff, slap, slap on the face, home thrust, hit, frown, scowl, black look, diatribe, jeremiad, jeremiade, tirade, philippic, clamor, outcry, hue and cry, hiss, hissing, sibilance, sibilation, catcall, execration, chiding, upbraiding, exprobation, abuse, vituperation, invective, objurgation, contumely, hard words, cutting words, bitter words, evil-speaking, bad language, personality, disapproving, scandalized, disparaging, condemnatory, damnatory, denunciatory, reproachful, abusive, objurgatory, clamorous, vituperative, defamatory, satirical, sarcastic, sardonic, cynical, dry, sharp, cutting, biting, severe, withering, trenchant, hard upon, censorious, critical, captious, carping, hypercritical, fastidious, sparing of praise, grudging praise, disapproved, chid, in bad odor, blown upon, unapproved, unblest, at a discount, exploded, weighed in the balance and found wanting, blameworthy, reprehensible, to blame, worthy of blame, answerable, uncommendable, exceptionable, not to be thought of, bad, vicious, unlamented, unbewailed, unpitied, with a wry face, reproachfully, Int, it is too bad!, it won't do, it will never do!, marry come up!, Oh!, come!, 'sdeath!, forbid it Heaven!, God forbid, Heaven forbid!, out upon, fie upon it!, away with!, tut!, O tempora!, O mores!, shame!, fie, fie for shame!, out on you!, tell it not in Gath!.Cry
N cry, voice, hubbub, bark, vociferation, outcry, hullabaloo, chorus, clamor, hue and cry, plaint, lungs, stentor, crying, clamant, clamorous, vociferous, stentorian, open-mouthed.Publication
N publication, public announcement, promulgation, propagation, proclamation, pronunziamento, circulation, indiction, edition, hue and cry, publicity, notoriety, currency, flagrancy, cry, bruit, hype, vox populi, report, the Press, public press, newspaper, journal, gazette, daily, telegraphy, publisher, imprint, circular, circular letter, manifesto, advertisement, ad, placard, bill, affiche, broadside, poster, notice, published, current, in circulation, public, notorious, flagrant, arrant, open, trumpet-tongued, encyclical, encyclic, promulgatory, exoteric, publicly, in open court, with open doors, Int, Oyez!, O yes!, notice!, notice is hereby given, this is to give, these are to give notice, nomina stultorum parietibus haerent, semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum.For further exploring for "hue and cry" in Webster Dictionary Online