to utter inarticulate sounds, especially of lamentation, grief, or suffering, usually with tears.
to weep; shed tears, with or without sound.
to call loudly; shout; yell (sometimes followed by out).
to demand resolution or strongly indicate a particular disposition: The rise in crime cried out for greater police protection.
to give forth vocal sounds or characteristic calls, as animals; yelp; bark.
(of a hound or pack) to bay continuously and excitedly in following a scent.
(of tin) to make a noise, when bent, like the crumpling of paper.
verb (used with object),cried,cry·ing.
to utter or pronounce loudly; call out.
to announce publicly as for sale; advertise: to cry one's wares.
to beg or plead for; implore: to cry mercy.
to bring (oneself) to a specified state by weeping: The infant cried itself to sleep.
noun,pluralcries.
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
clamor; outcry.
a fit of weeping: to have a good cry.
the utterance or call of an animal.
a political or party slogan.
battle cry.
an oral proclamation or announcement.
a call of wares for sale, services available, etc., as by a street vendor.
public report.
an opinion generally expressed.
an entreaty; appeal.
Fox Hunting.
a pack of hounds.
a continuous baying of a hound or a pack in following a scent.
Verb Phrases
cry down,to disparage; belittle: Those people cry down everyone who differs from them.
cry off,to break a promise, agreement, etc.: We made arrangements to purchase a house, but the owner cried off at the last minute.
cry up,to praise; extol: to cry up one's profession.
Idioms for cry
a far cry,
quite some distance; a long way.
only remotely related; very different: This treatment is a far cry from that which we received before.
cry havoc. havoc (def. 4).
cry one's eyes / heart out, to cry excessively or inconsolably: The little girl cried her eyes out when her cat died.
cry over spilled / spilt milk. milk (def. 12).
in full cry, in hot pursuit: The pack followed in full cry.
Origin of cry
First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English verb crien, from Anglo-French, Old French crier, from unattested Vulgar Latin crītāre for Latin quirītāre “to cry out in protest, make a public cry”; associated by folk etymology with Quirītēs Quirites; noun from the verb
3. Cry,shout,bellow,roar refer to kinds of loud articulate or inarticulate sounds. Cry is the general word: to cry out. To shout is to raise the voice loudly in uttering words or other articulate sounds: He shouted to his companions.Bellow refers to the loud, deep cry of a bull, moose, etc., or, somewhat in deprecation, to human utterance that suggests such a sound: The speaker bellowed his answer.Roar refers to a deep, hoarse, rumbling or vibrant cry, often of tumultuous volume: The crowd roared approval.
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