Cry
//kɹaɪ//
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The word "cry" can be used as verb and noun.
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all cry and no wool all over but the crying battle cry becry catchcry countercry cry aim cry all the way to the bank cry and seethe cry beef cry blue murder cry buckets cry carrots and turnips cry craven cry cupboard cry down cry for help cry foul cry from the housetop cry from the housetops cry from the rooftop cry from the rooftops cry halves cry harder cry havoc cry in one's beer cry in the wilderness cry into one's beer cry it out cry like a baby cry like a little girl cry off cry on cry one's eyes out cry oneself to sleep cry out cry out for cry over spilt milk cry room cry someone a river cry stinking fish cry the blues cry uncle cry up cry wolf cry-laugh crybaby crybaby cryey cryfest cryful crying bird crying call crying game crying shame crysome cuckoo cry don't cry over spilled milk don't cry over spilt milk far cry for crying out loud forecry give cry great cry and little wool hue and cry in full cry kiss and cry laugh-cry make baby Jesus cry make the bald man cry midcry more cry than wool parrot cry party cry rallying cry shooting and crying shoulder to cry on there's no point crying over spilt milk there's no use crying over spilt milk tin cry ugly cry undercry undercry upcry voice crying in the wilderness war cry within cry
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act action action of action sad activity advertise aloud annoying babies babies do baby baby act baby call baby complaint baby displeasure baby does baby expression baby lament baby message baby noise baby sadness baby signal baby tear baby tears bawl be sad because because sad behavior being being sad being upset bemoan boohoo breastfeeding buy call causer communication complain complaining complaint crocodile tears depression despair desperate display displeasure distracted do does dripping drips drops emoting emotion emotion action emotion expressed emotion expression emotion outlet emotion result emotion tears emotional emotional action emotional communication emotional display emotional expression emotional happening emotional outburst emotional outlet emotional reaction emotional release emotional response emotional state emotional thing emotions emotive emotive action exclamation express express emotion express sadness expressed expressed emotion expressing expressing emotion expressing sadness expression eye eye fluid eye flushing eye leaking eye liquid eye moisture eye secretion eye tears eye water eye watering eyes face face liquid falling falling tears falling water feeling flowing fluid flushing fly form form tears found from eyes generation getting getting help give give tears happening has has tears have have tears having having tears help help call hounds hue hue and hungry involved lament laugh leaking leaking eyes leaking water like like sob like tears liquid loud loud sobbing loudly make make tears making making tears message moisture mope mournful mournful action movies noise noise behavior notify oral outburst outcry outlet pain pain reaction person pleading pout process process tearing proclamation produce produce tears producing producing tears production public rain reaction red red eyes related release response result sad sad action sad activity sad behavior sad emotion sad expression sad movies sad reaction sad response sad tears sad utterance sad water sad wet sadness sadness action sadness expression sadness outlet sadness related sadness wetness scream secretion see shed shed tear shed tears shedding shedding tears shorter shout shouting showing showing emotion showing pain shy signal sky so sad sob sob sadness sob tearful sob tears sob wail sob weep sobbing sold sorrow sorry sorry distracted sound state sufferance tear tear causer tear dripping tear generation tear making tear production tear sad tearful tearful action tearful emoting tearing tearing action tearing liquid tears tears eyes tears falling tears flowing tears involved tears sad tears sadness tears weeping teary teary eyes unhappiness unhappy unhappy baby unhappy tears upset upset sobbing urgent utterance very very sad wail wail sob wailing wailing weeping waling water water eyes watering watering eyes watery watery eyes week weep weep bemoan weep sob weep tears weep wail weeping weeping action weeping person wet wet eyes wet sadness wet tear wetness when when hungry when sad when tears when unhappy whimper whine whining why winy winy baby with tears women yell yell aloud
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