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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• blubber

  1. To weep loudly, like a child
  2. To say while blubbering
  3. To utter while crying and sobbing.

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  1. To weep loudly, like a child
  2. To say while blubbering
  3. To utter while crying and sobbing.

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• cry

  1. To utter a characteristic sound or call. Used of an animal.
  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 utter a characteristic sound or call. Used of an animal.
  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 utter a similar cry of pain, anger, grief, etc.
  2. (Slang) To laugh heartily.
  3. To shout or laugh in scorn, mirth, etc.

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  1. To utter a similar cry of pain, anger, grief, etc.
  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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• 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 weep for; lament; bewail; mourn
  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 weep for; lament; bewail; mourn
  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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