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

Clancy, 35, wept at the defense table as ex-husband Patrick Clancy and other witnesses testified last week about the killings.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Maxwell, a fiction editor at The New Yorker, drew upon his own awed discovery of France in 1948; the novel’s opening paragraphs show one of the protagonists weeping at the sight of the French shore.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026

Definition of weep

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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
But Americans don't seem to keen on the idea, according to a Pew Research Center survey released earlier this year.

— Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 23 May 2026

Definition of keen

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The bet was clearly a lighthearted joke between friends, but after posting it, the WNBA seems to have regretted the optics of the league promoting two players gambling on a game, which is prohibited in the league’s collective bargaining agreement.

— Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2026
To that end, Mayfield suggested the Buccaneers will ultimately regret not reaching an extension with him ahead of this season.

— Jim Ayello, New York Times, 30 July 2026

Definition of regret

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The performers grind and moan as rain pours from above and a wind machine roars.

— Lauren Oyler, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Over four months in 2025, a state investigative report found, Sunrise switched Timaloa's room eight times, the last into one occupied by Attilio Cecchetto, 92, a retired tile installer whose dementia led him to frequently moan, mumble, and yell.

— Jordan Rau, NPR, 19 July 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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