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cry

/kɹaɪ̯/
noun
  1. A shedding of tears; the act of crying.

    "After we broke up, I retreated to my room for a good cry."

  2. A shout or scream.

    "I heard a cry from afar."

  3. Words shouted or screamed.

    "a battle cry"

verb
  1. To shed tears; to weep.

    "That sad movie always makes me cry."

  2. To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.

  3. To shout, scream, yell.

Synonymsbawl, blubber, sob, wail, weep, whimper
Antonymslaugh

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