Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word To shed tears due to emotion, stress, pain, or sadness, often making a loud sound.
Cry
/kraɪ/Synonyms:
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Examples:
Mary is crying.
'Do not Basil!' he cried.
Water!" and constantly wiping at the baby's eyes between her cries.
Etymology:
Derived from the Old English crīan, meaning to scream, influenced by the Old Norse khrīa, meaning to shout for help; evolved in Middle English as crien to indicate weeping out loudly.
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