 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cry
noun
1: a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the
speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of
the audience" [syn: {outcry}, {call}, {yell}, {shout}, {vociferation}]
2: a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate);
"a cry of rage"; "a yell of pain" [syn: {yell}]
3: a slogan used to rally support for a cause; "a cry to arms";
"our watchword will be 'democracy'" [syn: {war cry}, {rallying
cry}, {battle cry}, {watchword}]
4: a fit of weeping; "had a good cry"
5: the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries
filled the night"
verb
1: 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" [syn: {shout}, {shout
out}, {call}, {yell}, {scream}, {holler}, {hollo}, {squall}]
2: 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" [syn: {weep}] [ant: {laugh}]
3: utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "'I won!'
he exclaimed"; "'Help!' she cried"; "'I'm here,' the
mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost" [syn:
{exclaim}, {cry out}, {outcry}, {call out}, {shout}]
4: proclaim or announce in public; "before we had newspapers, a
town cryer would cry the news"; "He cried his merchandise
in the market square" [syn: {blazon out}]
5: demand immediate action; "This situation is crying for
attention"
6: utter a characteristic sound; "The cat was crying"
7: bring into a particular state by crying; "The little boy
cried himself to sleep"
[also: {cried}, {cryings} (pl), {crying} (pl)]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cry \Cry\ (kr[imac]), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Cried} (kr[imac]d);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Crying}.] [F. crier, cf. L. quiritare to
raise a plaintive cry, scream, shriek, perh. fr. queri to
complain; cf. Skr. cvas to pant, hiss, sigh. Cf. {Quarrel} a
brawl, {Querulous}.]
1. To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently
or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to
pray; to implore.
And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud
voice. -- Matt.
xxvii. 46.
Clapping their hands, and crying with loud voice.
--Shak.
Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto
thee. -- Ps. xxviii.
2.
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness,
Prepare ye the way of the Lord. --Is. xl. 3.
Some cried after him to return. --Bunyan.
2. To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain,
grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears;
to bawl, as a child.
Ye shall cry for sorrow of heart. --Is. lxv. 14.
I could find it in my heart to disgrace my man's
apparel and to cry like a woman. --Shak.
3. To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.
The young ravens which cry. --Ps. cxlvii.
9.
In a cowslip's bell I lie
There I couch when owls do cry. --Shak.
{To cry on} or {To cry upon}, to call upon the name of; to
beseech. ''No longer on Saint Denis will we cry.'' --Shak.
{To cry out}.
(a) To exclaim; to vociferate; to scream; to clamor.
(b) To complain loudly; to lament.
{To cry out against}, to complain loudly of; to censure; to
blame.
{To cry out on} or {To cry out upon}, to denounce; to
censure. ''Cries out upon abuses.'' --Shak.
{To cry to}, to call on in prayer; to implore.
{To cry you mercy}, to beg your pardon. ''I cry you mercy,
madam; was it you?'' --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cry \Cry\ (kr?), noun; pl. {Cries} (kr?z). [F. cri, fr. crier to
cry. See {Cry}, verb (used without an object) ]
1. A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound
produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of
hounds; the cry of wolves. --Milton.
2. Outcry; clamor; tumult; popular demand.
Again that cry was found to have been as
unreasonable as ever. --Macaulay.
3. Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with
tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation.
There shall be a great cry throughout all the land.
--Ex. xi. 6.
An infant crying in the night,
An infant crying for the light;
And with no language but a cry. --Tennyson.
4. Loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular
acclamation or favor. --Swift.
The cry went once on thee. --Shak.
5. Importunate supplication.
O, the most piteous cry of the poor souls. --Shak.
6. Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by
hawkers of their wares.
The street cries of London. --Mayhew.
7. Common report; fame.
The cry goes that you shall marry her. --Shak.
8. A word or phrase caught up by a party or faction and
repeated for effect; as, the party cry of the Tories.
All now depends upon a good cry. --Beaconsfield.
9. A pack of hounds. --Milton.
A cry more tunable
Was never hollaed to, nor cheered with horn. --Shak.
10. A pack or company of persons; -- in contempt.
Would not this . . . get me a fellowship in a cry
of players? --Shak.
11. The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent
back and forth.
{A far cry}, a long distance; -- in allusion to the sending
of criers or messengers through the territory of a
Scottish clan with an announcement or summons.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cry \Cry\, verb (used with an object)
1. To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad;
to declare publicly.
All, all, cry shame against ye, yet I 'll speak.
--Shak.
The man . . . ran on,crying, Life! life! Eternal
life! --Bunyan.
2. To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by
crying or weeping; as, to cry one's self to sleep.
3. 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.
Love is lost, and thus she cries him. --Crashaw.
4. Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
I should not be surprised if they were cried in
church next Sabbath. --Judd.
{To cry aim}. See under {Aim}.
{To cry down}, to decry; to depreciate; to dispraise; to
condemn.
Men of dissolute lives cry down religion, because
they would not be under the restraints of it.
--Tillotson.
{To cry out}, to proclaim; to shout. ''Your gesture cries it
out.'' --Shak.
{To cry quits}, to propose, or declare, the abandonment of a
contest.
{To cry up}, to enhance the value or reputation of by public
and noisy praise; to extol; to laud publicly or urgently.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
255 Moby Thesaurus words for "cry":
PR, adjuration, advertise, alleluia, animal noise, appeal, applaud,
applause, ballyhoo, bark, barking, battle cry, bawl, bawling, bay,
bell, bellow, bemoan, beseechment, bewail, bid, birdcall, blare,
blare forth, blat, blate, blaze, blaze abroad, blazon,
blazon about, bleat, blubber, blubbering, blurb, boohoo, bray,
break down, bright light, bruit, build up, burst into tears, buzz,
byword, call, canard, catch phrase, catchword, caterwaul, caw,
celebrate, celebrity, cheer, choke up, chorus of cheers, clamor,
clang, cliche, common knowledge, common talk, craze, cry aloud,
cry for joy, cry out, crying, currency, daylight, declaim,
dissolve in tears, dolorous tirade, drop a tear, eclat, entreaty,
exposure, fad word, fame, famousness, fit of crying,
flood of tears, flying rumor, furore, give a cheer, give tongue,
give voice, glare, good cry, gossip, grapevine, greet, groan,
grunt, hail, hallelujah, halloo, hearsay, herald, herald abroad,
holler, hollo, hoopla, hooray, hoot, hosanna, howl, howling,
hue and cry, hurrah, hurray, huzzah, idea afloat, imploration,
imploring, imprecation, invocation, invocatory plea, jeremiad,
keen, lachryma, lachrymosity, lacrimatory, lament, latrine rumor,
limelight, low, make an outcry, mating call, maximum dissemination,
melting mood, meow, mew, mewl, miaow, moan, mode, moo, motto,
mourn, murmur, mutter, neigh, news stirring, nicker, note,
notoriety, obsecration, obtestation, on-dit, outcry,
overflowing eyes, paean, pet expression, pipe, plaint, planctus,
plea, plug, prayer, press notice, press-agent, proclaim,
promulgate, public eye, public knowledge, public relations,
public report, publicity, publicity story, publicness, puff, pule,
pushover, rage, rah, rallying cry, reclame, rend the air, report,
roar, rogation, roorback, rumble, rumor, screak, scream, screech,
scuttlebutt, shed tears, shibboleth, shout, shout hosanna, shriek,
sigh, slogan, sniff, snivel, sniveling, sob, sobbing, song, sorrow,
split the throat, spotlight, squall, squawk, squeak, squeal,
strain the voice, stridulation, suit, supplication, talk, tear,
tear bottle, teardrop, tearful eyes, tearfulness, tears, thunder,
thunder forth, tirade, ton, town talk, trend, troat, trumpet,
trumpet forth, ululate, ululation, unconfirmed report, vociferate,
vogue, vogue word, wail, wail of woe, war cry, weep, weepiness,
weeping, whicker, whimper, whimpering, whine, whinny, whisper,
whoop, woodnote, write-up, yammer, yap, yawl, yawp, yell, yelp,
yip, yippee, yowl
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