Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cry_out_for

1 sense of cry out for

Sense 1
cry out for, cry for -- (need badly or desperately; "This question cries out for an answer")
       => necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand -- (require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent")