noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   plural of cry form-of, plural

   "The crowd paid no attention to her cries for help."

Verb

1. 1
   third-person singular simple present indicative of cry form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Synonyms

All synonyms

bawlblubbershoutsobwailwar cry

Example

More examples

"My baby can't talk yet. He just cries."

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.