FOR CRYING OUT LOUD meaning: Exclamation expressing frustration or annoyance

We found 16 dictionaries that define the word for crying out loud:

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for crying out loud: Merriam-Webster
for crying out loud: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
for crying out loud: Collins English Dictionary
For crying out loud: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
for crying out loud: Wiktionary
for crying out loud: Dictionary.com
For Crying Out Loud (album), For Crying Out Loud (disambiguation), For Crying Out Loud (song), For Crying Out Loud, For crying out loud: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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For crying out loud: Phrase Finder
for crying out loud: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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for crying out loud: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
for Crying Out Loud: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wikipedia (For Crying Out Loud)

▸ noun: "For Crying Out Loud" is a song written by Jimmy Compton and Phil Wood, produced by Ron Haffkine, and recorded by American country music artist Davis Daniel.
▸ noun: the sixth studio album by English rock band Kasabian.

Opposite:

for heaven's sake, for Pete's sake, for goodness' sake

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