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1
to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress
- some kids started to cry even before the doctor had given them their shot
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3
to speak so as to be heard at a distance
- a mother crying for help
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nounSynonyms & Antonyms of cry (Entry 2 of 2)
1
a loud vocal expression of strong emotion
- a cry of despair arose when the smoke of the bomb blast cleared
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2
a natural vocal sound made by an animal
- the lonesome cry of a coyote
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- bark,
- bay,
- bellow,
- blat,
- bleat,
- bray,
- cackle,
- calling,
- caterwaul,
- caw,
- cheep,
- chirp,
- cluck,
- coo,
- crake,
- croak,
- crow,
- grunt,
- honk,
- hoot,
- howl,
- low,
- meow
- (also miaow),
- mew,
- moo,
- neigh,
- oink,
- peep,
- quack,
- roar,
- screech,
- squall,
- squawk,
- squeak,
- squeal,
- trumpet,
- tu-whit tu-whoo,
- twitter,
- whinny,
- yap,
- yelp,
- yip,
- yowl
3
an attention-getting word or phrase used to publicize something (as a campaign or product)
- "A chance to change America" was the cry on which the candidate was hoping to win the White House
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4
an earnest request
- the king was deaf to their cries
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5
a sudden short emotional utterance
- cries of disbelief greeted the announcement of the surprise winner for best picture
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The first known use of cry was in the 13th century
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