FAR CRY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A disappointing disparity

Example:

it was a far cry from what he had expected

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("far cry" is a kind of...):

disparity (inequality or difference in some respect)

Meaning:

Distance estimated in terms of the audibility of a cry

Example:

it's a far cry from here

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("far cry" is a kind of...):

farawayness; farness; remoteness (the property of being remote)