- Cry (weep)
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Cry (weep)
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cry — vb Cry, weep, wail, keen, whimper, blubber mean to show one s grief, pain, or distress by tears and utterances, usually inarticulate utterances. Cry and weep (the first the homelier, the second the more formal term) are frequently interchanged.… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
weep buckets — cry/weep/buckets informal phrase to cry for a long time about something I wept buckets when he left. Thesaurus: to cry, or to start cryingsynonym Main entr … Useful english dictionary
cry buckets — cry/weep/buckets informal phrase to cry for a long time about something I wept buckets when he left. Thesaurus: to cry, or to start cryingsynonym Main entr … Useful english dictionary
cry — Synonyms and related words: 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 … Moby Thesaurus
cry — [krī] vi. cried, crying [ME crien < OFr crier < L quiritare, to wail, shriek (var. of quirritare, to squeal like a pig < * quis, echoic of a squeal); assoc. in ancient folk etym. with L Quirites, Roman citizens (as if meaning “to call… … English World dictionary
cry — [n1] weeping and making sad sounds bawl, bawling, bewailing, blubber, blubbering, howl, howling, keening, lament, lamentation, mourning, shedding tears, snivel, snivelling, sob, sobbing, sorrowing, tears, the blues*, wailing, weep, whimpering,… … New thesaurus
weep — [wēp] vi. wept, weeping [ME wepen < OE wepan, akin to wop, outcry, Goth wōpjan, OS wōpian < IE base * wab , to cry, complain > OSlav vabiti, to call to] 1. to manifest or give expression to a strong emotion, usually grief or sorrow, by… … English World dictionary
weep — (v.) O.E. wepan shed tears, cry (class VII strong verb; past tense weop, pp. wopen), from P.Gmc. *wopjan (Cf. O.N. op, O.H.G. wuof shout, shouting, crying, O.S. wopian, Goth. wopjan to shout, cry out, weep ), from PIE *wab to cry, scream (Cf. L … Etymology dictionary
cry — early 13c., beg, implore, from O.Fr. crier, from V.L. *critare, from L. quiritare to wail, shriek (Cf. It. gridare, O.Sp. cridar, Sp., Port. gritar), of uncertain origin; perhaps a variant of quirritare to squeal like a pig, from *quis, echoic of … Etymology dictionary
Weep — Weep, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wept} (w[e^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Weeping}.] [OE. wepen, AS. w[=e]pan, from w[=o]p lamentation; akin to OFries. w?pa to lament, OS. w[=o]p lamentation, OHG. wuof, Icel. [=o]p a shouting, crying, OS. w[=o]pian to lament … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
weep — [ wip ] (past tense and past participle wept [ wept ] ) verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive to cry because you feel unhappy or have some other strong emotion: She began to weep tears of joy. weep with: He almost felt like weeping with… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
