cry
cry is a 3-letter English word with 30 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- intransitive verb. To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.
- intransitive verb. To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child.
- intransitive verb. To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.
- transitive verb. To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly.
- transitive verb. To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping; as, to cry one's self to sleep.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
- intransitive verb. A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of hounds; the cry of wolves.
- intransitive verb. Outcry; clamor; tumult; popular demand.
- intransitive verb. Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation.
- intransitive verb. Loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular acclamation or favor.
- intransitive verb. Importunate supplication.
- intransitive verb. Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares.
- intransitive verb. Common report; fame.
- intransitive verb. A word or phrase caught up by a party or faction and repeated for effect; as, the party cry of the Tories.
- intransitive verb. A pack of hounds.
- intransitive verb. A pack or company of persons; -- in contempt.
- intransitive verb. The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth.
- noun. a fit of weeping
"had a good cry"
- noun. a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
"the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"
- noun. a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate)
"a cry of rage"
"a yell of pain"
- noun. a slogan used to rally support for a cause
"a cry to arms"
"our watchword will be `democracy'"
- noun. the characteristic utterance of an animal
"animal cries filled the night"
- verb. shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
"She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death"
"The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs"
- verb. bring into a particular state by crying
"The little boy cried himself to sleep"
- verb. utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
"`I won!' he exclaimed"
"`Help!' she cried"
- verb. utter a sudden loud cry
"she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"
"I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"
- verb. proclaim or announce in public
"before we had newspapers, a town crier would cry the news"
"He cried his merchandise in the market square"
- verb. utter a characteristic sound
"The cat was crying"
- verb. demand immediate action
"This situation is crying for attention"
Synonyms
call, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell, watchword, weep, exclaim, holler, hollo, scream, squall
Common word forms
cried, crier, cries, cryal, cryer, crying, cryable
Words from these letters
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