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Definitions for Cry

[1] to utter inarticulate sounds, especially of lamentation, grief, or suffering, usually with tears.
[2] to weep; shed tears, with or without sound.
[3] to call loudly; shout; yell (sometimes followed by out ).
[4] to demand resolution or strongly indicate a particular disposition: The rise in crime cried out for greater police protection.
[5] to give forth vocal sounds or characteristic calls, as animals; yelp; bark.
[6] (of a hound or pack) to bay continuously and excitedly in following a scent.
[7] (of tin) to make a noise, when bent, like the crumpling of paper.
[8] to utter or pronounce loudly; call out.
[9] to announce publicly as for sale; advertise: to cry one's wares.
[10] to beg or plead for; implore: to cry mercy.
[11] to bring (oneself) to a specified state by weeping: The infant cried itself to sleep.
[12] the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
[13] clamor; outcry.
[14] a fit of weeping: to have a good cry.
[15] the utterance or call of an animal.
[16] a political or party slogan.
[17] battle cry.
[18] an oral proclamation or announcement.
[19] a call of wares for sale, services available, etc., as by a street vendor.
[20] public report.
[21] an opinion generally expressed.
[22] an entreaty; appeal.
[23] Fox Hunting . a pack of hounds. a continuous baying of a hound or a pack in following a scent.
[24] cry down , to disparage; belittle: Those people cry down everyone who differs from them.
[25] cry off , to break a promise, agreement, etc.: We made arrangements to purchase a house, but the owner cried off at the last minute.
[26] cry up , to praise; extol: to cry up one's profession.
[27] 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.
[28] cry havoc . havoc(def 4) .
[29] cry one's eyes /heart out , to cry excessively or inconsolably: The little girl cried her eyes out when her cat died.
[30] cry over spilled /spilt milk . milk(def 10) .
[31] in full cry , in hot pursuit: The pack followed in full cry.
[32] (intr) to utter inarticulate sounds, esp when weeping; sob
[33] (intr) to shed tears; weep
[34] (intr usually foll by out ) to scream or shout in pain, terror, etc
[35] (tr often foll by out ) to utter or shout (words of appeal, exclamation, fear, etc)
[36] (intr often foll by out ) (of animals, birds, etc) to utter loud characteristic sounds
[37] (tr) to hawk or sell by public announcement to cry newspapers
[38] to announce (something) publicly or in the streets
[39] (intr foll by for ) to clamour or beg
[40] Scot to call
[41] cry for the moon to desire the unattainable
[42] cry one's eyes out or cry one's heart out to weep bitterly
[43] cry quits or cry mercy to give up a task, fight, etc
[44] the act or sound of crying; a shout, exclamation, scream, or wail
[45] the characteristic utterance of an animal or bird the cry of gulls
[46] Scot a call
[47] archaic an oral announcement, esp one made by town criers
[48] a fit of weeping
[49] hunting the baying of a pack of hounds hunting their quarry by scent
[50] a pack of hounds
[51] a far cry a long way something very different
[52] in full cry (esp of a pack of hounds) in hot pursuit of a quarry

Words related to Cry

sob, howl, lament, groan, wail, roar, outcry, whine, shout, whistle, cheer, chatter, clamor, grunt, shriek, scream, moan, sigh, grieve, mourn

Words nearby Cry

cruzan, cruzeiro, cruzeiro real, cruzie, crwth, cry, cry down, cry for, cry havoc, cry off, cry on someone's shoulder

Origin of Cry

1175–1225; (v.) Middle English crien < Anglo-French, Old French crier < Vulgar Latin *crītāre for Latin quirītāre to cry out in protest, make a public cry; associated by folk etymology with Quirītēs Quirites; (noun) < Anglo-French, Old French cri, noun derivative of the v.

Other words from Cry

coun·ter·cry , noun, plural coun·ter·cries.

Word origin for Cry

C13: from Old French crier, from Latin quirītāre to call for help

Synonyms for Cry

howl, lament, sob, bawl, bawling, bewailing, blubber, blubbering, howling, keening, lamentation, mourning, snivel, snivelling, sobbing, sorrowing, tears, wailing, weep, whimpering, yowl, shedding tears, the blues