To make inarticulate sounds of grief or pain, usually accompanied by tears

• bawl

  1. To shout or call out noisily; bellow; yell
  2. To weep and wail loudly
  3. To cry or sob loudly; wail.

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  1. To shout or call out noisily; bellow; yell
  2. To weep and wail loudly
  3. To cry or sob loudly; wail.

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• cry

  1. To bring into a particular condition by weeping:
  2. To shed tears, especially as a result of strong emotion such as grief, sorrow, pain, or joy.
  3. (Archaic) To beg for; implore:

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  1. To bring into a particular condition by weeping:
  2. To shed tears, especially as a result of strong emotion such as grief, sorrow, pain, or joy.
  3. (Archaic) To beg for; implore:

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• howl

  1. To cry or wail loudly, as in pain, sorrow, or anger.
  2. (Slang) To laugh heartily.
  3. To shout or laugh in scorn, mirth, etc.

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  1. To cry or wail loudly, as in pain, sorrow, or anger.
  2. (Slang) To laugh heartily.
  3. To shout or laugh in scorn, mirth, etc.

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• keen

  1. To wail in lamentation, especially for the dead.
  2. To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry.
  3. (Intransitive) To utter a keen.

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  1. To wail in lamentation, especially for the dead.
  2. To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry.
  3. (Intransitive) To utter a keen.

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• sob

  1. To put or bring (oneself) into a specified condition by sobbing:
  2. To weep aloud with a catch or break in the voice and short, gasping breaths
  3. To weep aloud with convulsive gasping; cry uncontrollably.

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  1. To put or bring (oneself) into a specified condition by sobbing:
  2. To weep aloud with a catch or break in the voice and short, gasping breaths
  3. To weep aloud with convulsive gasping; cry uncontrollably.

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• wail

  1. To express grief or pain by long, loud cries
  2. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
  3. To cry out in mourning or lamentation

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  1. To express grief or pain by long, loud cries
  2. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
  3. To cry out in mourning or lamentation

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• weep

  1. To express emotion, such as grief, sadness, or joy, by shedding tears.
  2. To shed (tears) as an expression of emotion:
  3. To manifest or give expression to a strong emotion, usually grief or sorrow, by crying, wailing, or, esp., shedding tears

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  1. To express emotion, such as grief, sadness, or joy, by shedding tears.
  2. To shed (tears) as an expression of emotion:
  3. To manifest or give expression to a strong emotion, usually grief or sorrow, by crying, wailing, or, esp., shedding tears

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• yowl

  1. (Intransitive) Utter a yowl.
  2. To utter a long loud mournful cry; wail.
  3. To say or utter with a yowl.

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  1. (Intransitive) Utter a yowl.
  2. To utter a long loud mournful cry; wail.
  3. To say or utter with a yowl.

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