Another word for cry
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Another word for cry
Noun
Verb
To shed tears
To call; said of other than human creatures
Idioms:
a far cry (from)
Synonym Study
- Blubber , a derisive term used chiefly of children, implies a contorting or swelling of the face with weeping, and broken, inarticulate speech
- Moan suggests the expression of sorrow or pain in a low, prolonged, mournful sound or sounds
- To whimper is to cry with subdued, whining, broken sounds, as a fretful or frightened child does
- Keen , specifically an Irish term, signifies a wailing in lamentation for the dead
- Wail implies the uttering of loud, prolonged, mournful cries in unsuppressed lamentation
- To sob is to weep aloud with a catch in the voice and short, gasping breaths
- Weep more specifically stresses the shedding of tears
- Cry , in this comparison, implies the expression of grief, sorrow, pain, or distress by making mournful, convulsive sounds and shedding tears
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