cry

Speech parts

1. cry - Noun

2. cry - Verb

Meaning

To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.

To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child.

To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.

To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly.

To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping; as, to cry one's self to sleep.

To make oral and public proclamation of; to declare publicly; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, ets.; as, to cry goods, etc.

to publish the banns of, as for marriage.

A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of hounds; the cry of wolves.

Outcry; clamor; tumult; popular demand.

Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation.

Loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular acclamation or favor.

Importunate supplication.

Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares.

Common report; fame.

A word or phrase caught up by a party or faction and repeated for effect; as, the party cry of the Tories.

A pack of hounds.

A pack or company of persons; -- in contempt.

The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

Phrases with the word

Derivatives

Examples

a cry to arms Source: Internet

our watchword will be `democracy' Source: Internet

before we had newspapers, a town crier would cry the news Source: Internet

He cried his merchandise in the market square Source: Internet

the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience Source: Internet

she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms