v
(intransitive) To weep profusely.
v
(transitive) To cry about; cry over; lament; bemourn.
v
(transitive) To moan or complain about (something).
n
One who bewails or laments.
v
(transitive) To weep over; weep for; weep about; deplore; lament.
n
(rare) One who beweeps or laments someone or something.
v
To cry, whine or blubber (usually carries a connotation of disapproval).
n
(slang) An event characterized by weeping.
adv
With blubbering sounds; with broken or noisy sobs.
v
(idiomatic) To start crying uncontrollably and intensely.
v
To complain about a fault; to harp on.
v
(archaic) To sing and cry at the same time.
v
Alternative form of knawvshawl [(Ireland, intransitive) to mutter or complain sullenly]
v
(intransitive) To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
v
Obsolete spelling of complain [(intransitive) To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.]
n
A shedding of tears; the act of crying.
n
Alternative spelling of crybaby [A baby who cries excessively.]
v
(idiomatic) To feel sorry for oneself; to feel sadness or regret, especially in combination with self-pity.
v
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.]
v
(simile, of an adult or older child) To bawl unabashedly and pitifully.
v
(simile, of an adult or older child) To bawl unabashedly and pitifully.
v
(idiomatic, often sarcastic) To weep profusely or excessively in the presence of another person.
n
Alternative spelling of crybaby [A baby who cries excessively.]
v
To laugh so much that tears are shed.
adj
Characterised by cries or crying
n
(informal) A situation where someone cries in a spiteful, self-indulgent, or attention-seeking manner.
adv
While crying; with tears.
v
(childish, humorous) Alternative form of cry [(intransitive) To shed tears; to weep.]
v
(intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To cry; groan; croak.
v
(Scotland, Northern England) To weep; to cry.
adv
While hissing; in a hissing fashion
adv
With a dry, harsh voice.
n
On the point of crying due to strong emotion, either happy or sad.
v
(intransitive, now chiefly poetic) To grieve.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate.
n
Quality of being murmurous.
n
speech conducted in a hushed manner, akin to a whisper or a murmur.
adj
Having noise or perturbations that distort data values; noisy.
v
(reflexive, obsolete) To complain.
n
A plaintive melancholy whine.
adv
With whining or complaint.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic) To scream loudly in fear, pain, etc.
v
(Manchester) To cry (shed tears)
v
(intransitive) To lament; to grieve.
v
To sob with convulsions.
n
A weeper, someone who sobs.
v
(slang, intransitive) To weep to the extent that one's face contorts.
v
(intransitive) To weep, lament persistently or bitterly.
v
Obsolete spelling of wail [(intransitive) To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.]
v
To wail, to cry plaintively.
v
(Northern England, Scotland, rare) To weep or cry.
v
To cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy.
v
(informal) To cry heavily.
v
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.]
v
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.]
v
(idiomatic, dated) To cry insincerely or in an exaggerated manner.
n
(slang) A protracted session of crying.
v
Obsolete spelling of wept; simple past tense and past participle of weep
v
(intransitive, informal) To cry whee.
n
A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound.
v
(Bermuda, intransitive) To complain or grouse about.
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