Cry

Definition:

  • (v. i.) To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.
  • (v. i.) To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child.
  • (v. i.) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.
  • (v. t.) To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly.
  • (v. t.) To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping; as, to cry one's self to sleep.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
  • (v. i.) A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of hounds; the cry of wolves.
  • (v. i.) Outcry; clamor; tumult; popular demand.
  • (v. i.) Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation.
  • (v. i.) Loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular acclamation or favor.
  • (v. i.) Importunate supplication.
  • (v. i.) Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares.
  • (v. i.) Common report; fame.
  • (v. i.) A word or phrase caught up by a party or faction and repeated for effect; as, the party cry of the Tories.
  • (v. i.) A pack of hounds.
  • (v. i.) A pack or company of persons; -- in contempt.
  • (v. i.) The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth.

Compare cry with other words:

cry vs. weet

cry vs. lough

cray vs. cry

cry vs. gry

cay vs. cry

coy vs. cry

cry vs. pry

cry vs. wry

cry vs. fry

cry vs. dry

cry vs. yelp

cry vs. song

cry vs. keen

cry vs. decry

cry vs. quiritation

cry vs. lachrymate

cry vs. troat

cry vs. roop

boohoo vs. cry

cry vs. sweep

cry vs. mourn

cry vs. mourne

cry vs. tantrum

cries vs. cry

cry vs. cryptic

cry vs. lament

bewail vs. cry

cry vs. exclaim

cry vs. grieve

cry vs. shriek

cry vs. eat

cry vs. tear

cry vs. sorrow

cry vs. wipe

blub vs. cry

cry vs. skrike

cry vs. waul

clepe vs. cry

cry vs. scry

cry vs. hallow

cry vs. steven

bavarian vs. cry

cry vs. wept

chivy vs. cry

cry vs. hosanna

cry vs. lamentation

cry vs. teary

cry vs. moan

cry vs. loon

cry vs. screech

blore vs. cry

caterwaul vs. cry

cry vs. holler

cry vs. crying

bawl vs. cry

cry vs. whinge

cry vs. yawp

bugle vs. cry

cry vs. ululation

cry vs. whimper

cry vs. watchword

cry vs. outcry

cry vs. sob

crunk vs. cry

cry vs. wail

cry vs. howl

cry vs. hoot

cry vs. greet

cry vs. hue

cheer vs. cry

cry vs. whine

cry vs. fussy

cry vs. roar

cry vs. neigh

croak vs. cry

cry vs. meow

cry vs. fuss

bray vs. cry

bleat vs. cry

baa vs. cry

cry vs. gale

cry vs. slogan

call vs. cry

bubble vs. cry

cry vs. desperate

cry vs. urgent

cry vs. sound

cry vs. crybaby

cry vs. yell

cry vs. scream

cry vs. shout

cry vs. weep

cry vs. laugh

cry vs. trumpet

cry vs. mewl