cry

Meaning of cry

noun
  1. A shedding of tears; the act of crying.
    After we broke up, I retreated to my room for a good cry.
  2. A shout or scream.
    I heard a cry from afar.
  3. Words shouted or screamed.
    a battle cry
  4. A clamour or outcry.
  5. A group of hounds.
  6. (by extension) A pack or company of people.
  7. (of an animal) A typical sound made by the species in question.
    "Woof" is the cry of a dog, while "neigh" is the cry of a horse.
  8. A desperate or urgent request.
  9. Common report; gossip.
verb
  1. To shed tears; to weep.
    That sad movie always makes me cry.
  2. To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
  3. To shout, scream, yell.
  4. To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
  5. To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
    Tonight I'll cry myself to sleep.
  6. To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, etc.
    to cry goods
  7. Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.

Information about cry

  • The plural form of cry is: cries.
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Hyphenation of cry

cry

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
  • cry is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

cry synonyms

Meaning outcry:

outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation

Meaning yell:

yell

Meaning war cry:

watchword

Meaning shout:

shout, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall

Meaning weep:

weep

Meaning exclaim:

exclaim, outcry, shout

Meaning :

bawl, blubber, sob, wail, whimper

cry antonyms

Meaning :

laugh

Translation of cry

Words that rhyme with cry

dacry, nacry, sacry, becry, decry, catchcry, watchcry, comicry, mimicry, pantomimicry, pathomimicry, theriomimicry, picry, musicry, downcry, hemocry, upcry, countercry, overcry, undercry, scry, ascry, descry, escry, outcry

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