a cry for help

A conspicuous action, often characterized by aberrant behavior, that masks a conscious or subconscious need for help or attention. This young man's crime was not malevolently motivated; it was a cry for help that he did not know how to communicate.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rong	-	Chinese
Laurena	-	English (Rare)
Beathan	-	Scottish
Demyan	dyem-YAHN (Russian), deem-YAHN (Russian), dem-YAHN (Ukrainian)	Russian, Ukrainian
Eidel	-	Yiddish
Tetty	TET-ee	English (Archaic)