If you cry out, you call out loudly because you are frightened, unhappy, or in pain. He was crying out in pain on the ground when the ambulance arrived Hart cried out as his head struck rock. see also cry 2
utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!' he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost"