cry in the wilderness
Ignored prophetic warning
A cry in the wilderness is an appeal or warning that goes unheeded—a message delivered to an audience that won't listen.
The phrase comes from the biblical description of John the Baptist preaching in the desert.
Someone making such a cry may be right but finds no receptive ears: For years, climate scientists felt they were crying in the wilderness.
Excessively proud or futile
- unheededIgnored after being given
- ignoredPurposely not noticed
- unheardNot perceived aurally
- fruitlessProducing no useful outcome
unavailing · pointless · ineffectual · wasted · overlooked · neglected · disregarded · unnoticed
Divinely inspired messenger
- seerOne who envisions futures
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- heraldOfficial news announcer
- forewarningNotice of future trouble
Cassandra · John the Baptist · oracle · harbinger · warning · revelation · foretelling · omen
Formal request or defense
- warningAlert about danger
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- appealFormal review request
- exhortationUrgent persuasive appeal
call · entreaty · supplication · imploring · beseeching · rallying cry · wake-up call · clarion call
vain
Excessively proud or futile
fruitless · unavailing · pointless · ineffectual · wasted · overlooked · neglected · disregarded · unnoticed · bootless
prophet
Divinely inspired messenger
forewarning · Cassandra · John the Baptist · oracle · harbinger · warning · revelation · foretelling · omen · presage
plea
Formal request or defense
exhortation · call · entreaty · supplication · imploring · beseeching · rallying cry · wake-up call · clarion call · protest
solitude
State of being alone
lonely · forsaken · outcast · exile · hermit · wanderer · solitary · barren · wasteland · void
cry in the wildernessrallying cry
Phrase uniting supporters
call to action · clarion call · call to arms · wake-up call · battle cry
cry in the wildernesspacked house
Venue at maximum attendance
captive audience · rapt attention · mass movement · groundswell · standing ovation
cry in the wildernesskeynote address
Central speech at gathering
stump speech · State of the Union · fireside chat · Sermon on the Mount · Gettysburg Address
cries, cried, crying, crier, wilds, wilder, wildest, wildly, wildness