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Cry   /kraɪ/   Listen
Cry

verb
(past & past part. cried; pres. part. crying)
1.
Utter a sudden loud cry.  Synonyms: call, holler, hollo, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yell.  "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"
2.
Shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain.  Synonym: weep.  "The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs"
3.
Utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy.  Synonyms: call out, cry out, exclaim, outcry, shout.  "'Help!' she cried" , "'I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost"
4.
Proclaim or announce in public.  Synonym: blazon out.  "He cried his merchandise in the market square"
5.
Demand immediate action.
6.
Utter a characteristic sound.
7.
Bring into a particular state by crying.
noun
(pl. cries)
1.
A loud utterance; often in protest or opposition.  Synonyms: call, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell.
2.
A loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate).  Synonym: yell.  "A yell of pain"
3.
A slogan used to rally support for a cause.  Synonyms: battle cry, rallying cry, war cry, watchword.  "Our watchword will be 'democracy'"
4.
A fit of weeping.
5.
The characteristic utterance of an animal.



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"Cry" Quotes from Famous Books



... not quite know whether to laugh or to cry. But she felt that the time had come for speech. She leaned out of her window and addressed ...
— Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 • Various
... upon his rank, saw fit to make no objection. Not only did his inner man cry, "Feed, even though a common man feed with thee," but his mind was under the influence of a stronger one, which scorned such stuff. Moreover, Insie, for the first time, gave him a glance, demure but imperative, which meant, "Obey ...
— Mary Anerley • R. D. Blackmore
... He left a letter for me saying good-by and regretting that he would not be back. So you see, my dear Essie, that when it comes to the actual count your friends have simmered down to one." It was not enough that she should crush her, she wanted somehow to wring from her a cry of pain. ...
— The Lady Doc • Caroline Lockhart
... ends. 'Tis always very vague, cloudy poetry that describes unknown torments; it seems to be a popular style, however, for all the poetry of the present day is confined to misty complaints in cloudy language. No moralist is specific in his sorrows. All lovers cry out in chorus that they suffer horribly. Each suffering deserves an analysis and a name. By way of example, my dear Edgar, I will describe one torment that I am sure you have never known or even heard of, happy mortal ...
— The Cross of Berny • Emile de Girardin
... would ye? For that cry Ourselves and all the sons of heaven Have pity. Yea, our peace is riven By the strange pain of ...
— The Electra of Euripides • Euripides


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