Crying

//ˈkɹaɪ̯.ɪŋ//

Synonyms for "crying" (112 found)

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Related word relations

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18 relation types

More general

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Synonyms

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at location

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capable of

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causes

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causes desire

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derived

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derived from

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form of

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has prerequisite

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has property

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has subevent

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is a

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part of

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receives action

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related to

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similar

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used for

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Translations

43 translations across 38 languages.

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Ancient Greek

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  • κλαυθμός noun (action of the verb cry)

Arabic

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  • بَاكٍ adj (that cries)
  • بُكَاء noun (action of the verb cry)

Belarusian

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  • плач noun (action of the verb cry)

Bulgarian

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  • плач noun (action of the verb cry)

Catalan

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  • plor noun (action of the verb cry)

Church Slavic

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  • плачь noun (action of the verb cry)

Czech

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  • pláč noun (action of the verb cry)

Danish

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  • gråd noun (action of the verb cry)

Dutch

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  • huilen noun (action of the verb cry)

Finnish

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  • itkeminen noun (action of the verb cry)

French

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  • pleur noun (action of the verb cry)

German

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  • Weinen noun (action of the verb cry)

Gothic

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  • 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐍄𐍃 noun (action of the verb cry)

Hungarian

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  • sírás noun (action of the verb cry)

Indonesian

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  • tangisan noun (action of the verb cry)

Italian

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  • pianto noun (action of the verb cry)

Kabuverdianu

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  • txore noun (action of the verb cry)
  • txoru noun (action of the verb cry)

Kashmiri

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  • وَدُن noun (action of the verb cry)

Khiamniungan Naga

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  • tàng verb (to stop crying)

Latin

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  • flētus noun (action of the verb cry)

Macedonian

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  • плач noun (action of the verb cry)

Malay

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  • tangisan noun (action of the verb cry)

Malayalam

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  • കരച്ചിൽ noun (action of the verb cry)

Norwegian Bokmål

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  • gråt noun (action of the verb cry)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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  • gråt noun (action of the verb cry)

Occitan

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  • plor noun (action of the verb cry)

Ottoman Turkish

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  • آغلامه noun (action of the verb cry)

Polish

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  • płacz noun (action of the verb cry)

Portuguese

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  • choro noun (action of the verb cry)

Russian

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  • пла́чущий adj (that cries)
  • плач noun (action of the verb cry)

Serbo-Croatian

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  • plȁč noun (action of the verb cry)
  • пла̏ч noun (action of the verb cry)

Slovak

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  • plač noun (action of the verb cry)

Slovene

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  • jok noun (action of the verb cry)

Spanish

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  • llanto noun (action of the verb cry)

Swedish

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  • gråt noun (action of the verb cry)

Tamil

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  • அழும் adj (that cries)
  • அழுகை noun (action of the verb cry)

Turkish

1 entries
  • ağlama noun (action of the verb cry)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • плач noun (action of the verb cry)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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Your eyes are red with crying.

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Crying is an expression of grief.

Source: tatoeba (19557)

It's not worth crying over.

Source: tatoeba (19558)

I feel like crying.

Source: tatoeba (19565)

Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.

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