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[ verb ] need badly or desperately

Synonyms

cry_for

Examples

"This question cries out for an answer"

Used in print

(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)

In_time , these minor manifestations will multiply and effloresce , riddling you with frambesia , the king's_evil , sheep_rot , and clonic spasm , until your very existence becomes a burden and you cry_out_for release .

Related terms

necessitate

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