All cry synonyms
cry
C c verb cry
- trumpet — Music. any of a family of brass wind instruments with a powerful, penetrating tone, consisting of a tube commonly curved once or twice around on itself and having a cup-shaped mouthpiece at one end and a flaring bell at the other. an organ stop having a tone resembling that of a trumpet. a trumpeter.
- choke up — to block (a drain, pipe, etc) completely
- crack up — If someone cracks up, they are under such a lot of emotional strain that they become mentally ill.
- boohoo — to sob or pretend to sob noisily
- let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- sing out — to utter words or sounds in succession with musical modulations of the voice; vocalize melodically.
- build up — If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it.
- call out — If you call someone out, you order or request that they come to help, especially in an emergency.
- publicise — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
noun cry
- blubber — Blubber is the fat of whales, seals, and similar sea animals.
- bawling — to cry or wail lustily.
- snivel — to weep or cry with sniffling.
- blubbering — Zoology. the fat layer between the skin and muscle of whales and other cetaceans, from which oil is made.
- sobbing — to weep with a convulsive catching of the breath.
- wailing — to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering: to wail with pain.
- bawl — If you bawl, you shout in a very loud voice, for example because you are angry or you want people to hear you.
- yowl — to utter a long, distressful or dismal cry, as an animal or a person; howl.
- weep — to express grief, sorrow, or any overpowering emotion by shedding tears; shed tears; cry: to weep for joy; to weep with rage.
- yoo-hoo — to get or attempt to get someone's attention by or as if by calling “yoo-hoo”: yoo-hooing across the back fence.
- clamour — If people are clamouring for something, they are demanding it in a noisy or angry way.