cried out for
Desperately required attention
Cried out for means urgently needed or demanded.
The phrase suggests something so obviously lacking that it practically screams for attention: The outdated system cried out for reform.
It can also describe literal shouting to summon help or request something: The wounded soldier cried out for a medic.
- pleadedAsked with urgency
- desperate pleaUrgent appeal from distress
- neededWas essential for
- petitionedFormally asked for something
- shoutedSpoke very loudly
requested · implored · advocated · required · beseeched · called for · sought · help wanted · wailed · demanded · appealed · lacked · crisis · exclaimed · championed · social reform · scarcity · poverty