Cry Meaning and Definition


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What is the definition Cry? What is its meaning in the dictionary? Example sentences, Related sentences, Derivations, Words starting with Cry, Antonyms, How to pronounce? Words ending with Cry, Synonyms and more...

Cry meaning

Word: Cry

Intransitive verb

Definitions:

1. Shed tears, typically as an expression of distress, pain, or sorrow.

Example sentences: "Don't cry—it'll be all right"

2. Shout or scream, typically to express fear, pain, or grief.

Example sentences: "The center forward cried in pain as he went down under the challenge"

3. (of a bird or other animal) make a loud characteristic call.

Example sentences: "At the shoreline, gulls cried overhead"

Noun

Definitions:

1. A loud inarticulate shout or scream expressing a powerful feeling or emotion.

Example sentences: "A cry of despair"

2. The loud characteristic call of a bird or other animal.

Example sentences: "The harsh cries of magpies"

3. A spell of weeping.

Example sentences: "I still have a cry, sometimes, when I realize that my mother is dead"


Antonyms:

laugh

chuckle


Derivations:

crying

cried


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Cry in Other Languages...

Spanish: Llorar

German: Weinen

French: Pleurer

Italian: Piangere

Turkish: Ağlatmak


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