cry
verb [I or T] (PRODUCE TEARS) /kraɪ/Definition
A2 to produce tears as the result of a strong emotion, such as unhappiness or pain: I could hear someone crying in the next room. "There, there, don't cry," she said. We all laughed until we cried. She cried bitter tears when she got the letter. He cried for joy when he heard that his son had been found alive and well.Weeping and crying cry yourself to sleep › to cry for a long time until you start to sleepWeeping and crying
(Definition of cry verb (PRODUCE TEARS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bawl verb (CRY)
- blubber verb
- boohoo exclamation
- burst out laughing/crying idiom
- crocodile tears noun
- crumple verb
- cry-baby noun
- lachrymose adjective
- mist (sth) over/up phrasal verb
- misty-eyed adjective
- not a dry eye in the house idiom
- not know whether to laugh or cry idiom
- snivel verb
- tear noun 2
- teardrop noun
- weep buckets idiom
- weep verb (CRY)
- weepy adjective
- weepy noun
- wept verb
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Weeping and crying
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