CRY (FOR) Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

cry (for)

verb

Definition of cry (for)

as in to grieve (for)

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as in to clamor (for)

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Verb

Matt might be able to pull a similar move and establish himself as bosun — Joe Bradley, watch and weep — if Alex doesn’t get his ass up and work.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2026
Aws’s younger sister Touline, 9, perched on the arm of a sofa where four weeping elderly women sat pressed together.

— Suheir Hashimeh, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of weep

Verb

Why such clueless animosity toward people whose only crime was doing what the nation asked of them?

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026
The president did so again on Sunday night, both when asked about the post by a reporter in person and in a separate 60 Minutes interview filmed Friday morning.

— Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of ask

Verb

The dog pressed his nose against the glass, keening whenever the driveway whooshed by.

— Téa Obreht, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
Kwon moves fluidly from intimate memories of being a Korean American in Los Angeles to keen social critique, touching on body-shaming, mental health, the weight of Korea’s history, and the nuances of diaspora.

— Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 30 June 2026

Definition of keen

Verb

In a yoga class, Hannah begs Tan France’s literary agent character to get her a meeting with Julia Fox’s Bianca Hart, who has an unpublished memoir in the works.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026
The lawsuit claims federal agents didn't call 911 for 30 minutes while her cellmate begged for help, saying Rahman woke up and opened her eyes in the hospital's emergency room.

— Beret Leone, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of beg

Verb

It's been a big few months for Austin Abrams moaning and groaning his way through some of the worst situations imaginable.

— Megan McCluskey, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
For a cold moment the silence locked a grip on our table, though it was broken, at the edges, by the golf commentators moaning and harrumphing, Rory McIlroy having had a canary on a seventeenth fairway somewhere this championship Sunday.

— Kevin Barry, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of moan

Verb

Spielberg h as chosen to elegize the story by romanticizing it, swathing the characters in Norman Rockwell attitudes, a meddlesome symphonic score, and a golden fairy dust that shines through the windows like God's blessing.

— Eliza Berman, Time, 5 Oct. 2017
In writing about her cousin, Allen is also elegizing other black men victimized by poverty, drugs and unequal justice.

— Julia M. Klein, chicagotribune.com, 8 Sep. 2017

Definition of elegize

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