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(v)
(intransitive) To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.
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(n)
The act of one who cries; a weeping or shouting.
(intransitive) To wail; to give out a blaring cry.
(intransitive) To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
(ambitransitive) To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
(transitive) To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
(intransitive, figuratively) To experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear; (by extension) to feel very embarrassed.
(intransitive) To weep with convulsive gasps.
(adv)
Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
(intransitive) (chiefly derogatory) To cry or weep freely and noisily; to sob.
(intransitive) To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
(colloquial, childish, intransitive) To cry, weep.
(derogatory, intransitive) To cry while sniffling; to whine or complain while crying.
To cry or sob softly and intermittently.
To emit tears from the eye, especially as an expression of emotion; to cry; to weep.
To howl loudly or prolongedly in lamentation or joy.
To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.
A barangay of Baco, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines (unconfirmed).
(intransitive) To make a whimpering or sniffing sound when breathing, because of a runny nose.
To wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for.
A prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl.
(intransitive) To start shedding tears.
A soft cry or whimper; an act of mewling.
Pronunciation spelling of weeping.
To cry out.
The act of blubbing.
A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound.
A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one made from soapy liquid.
(slang, intransitive) To weep to the extent that one's face contorts.
To wail, to cry plaintively.
(idiomatic) To cry, shed tears, weep loudly.
(idiomatic) To suddenly start crying or sobbing.
Loud or coarse talk.
(Ireland, slang) vulva.
Obsolete form of mewl. [To cry weakly with a soft, high-pitched sound; to whimper; to whine.]
An outcry.
(informal) To cry heavily.
Alternative form of cry in one's beer. [(idiomatic) To feel sorry for oneself; to feel sadness or regret, especially in combination with self-pity.]
(intransitive, informal) To cry whee.
A plaintive melancholy whine.
A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post.
Synonym of weep buckets.
(obsolete, intransitive) To cry like a cat; to waul.
(meteorology) A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.
(intransitive) To laugh so much that tears are shed.
A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure.
(transitive) To make swollen, disfigured, bleared, or sullied by weeping.
(simile, informal) Of an adult or older child, to bawl unabashedly and pitifully.
(British, regional) To cry, sob, cry out or yell; to scream.
To wail, mewl (as an infant).
(often nautical) A sudden storm, as found in a squall line.
(idiomatic) To have a tear released, to cry (from sadness)
(idiomatic) To weep for an elongated time, or in an excessive manner.
An infatuation.
(countable, uncountable) A loud cry or uproar.
Hoarseness.
A sharp high-pitched vocal sound, as made by young birds and certain animals.
A noisy quarrel.
A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
(intransitive) To behave like a wolf.
(UK dialectal) A swoon, fainting; a state of giddiness or faintness.
(UK dialect, Northern England) To shriek; to screech.
The squeaking sound made by a guinea pig or other cavy.
(Internet slang, derogatory) To whine; to complain miserably.
Alternative form of waul. [To wail, to cry plaintively.]
The soft neigh made by a horse.
A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open.
(informal) To wobble or tremble lightly; to quiver.
(transitive) To squirt out.
(dialect) To whistle.
(transitive) To whine about.
A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.
(of an animal) To vocalize loudly.
A cry or shout.
(uncountable) The meat from cattle or other bovines.
The Soviet system of connections and social relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society).
To shout in a loud voice, due to pain, or fear, or unhappiness.
The cry of an owl.
(obsolete) To exchange.
Alternative form of boohoo. [(colloquial, childish, intransitive) To cry, weep.]
Stubborn insistence.
(intransitive) To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.
A shrill noise, especially made by a voice or bird. If made by a bird, it typically signals discomfort or anger; a yell, scream, or call.
(intransitive, of a character in anime or manga) To show a stylized bead of sweat at the forehead, indicating embarrassment, exasperation, etc.
The two-tone wailing of a siren.
A trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing.
Grey hair.
The sound of one who warbles; singing with trills or modulations.
A yell, shout.
(rare) Alternative form of squall. [(often nautical) A sudden storm, as found in a squall line.]
A loud, eager cry, usually of joy.
A "whoo" sound; the cry of an owl or similar.