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What (who) is cry - definition

SHEDDING TEARS AS A RESPONSE TO AN EMOTIONAL STATE IN HUMANS

Wept; Sobbing; Crying in humans; Cries; Cried; Emotional tears; Psychic tears; Blubbering; Sobbed; Sobber; Sobbers; Cry; Lacrimate; Bawling; Whimper; Whimpering; Tearful; Tearfully; 😢; 😭; 😿; Tearfulness; Draft:Tear-shedding

cry

I. v. a.

1.

Exclaim, clamor, call, make an outcry, cry out.

2.

Weep, sob, shed tears.

3.

Vociferate, shout, hoot, yell, roar, bawl, squall, scream.

II. v. a.

Proclaim, publish, make public, make proclamation of, blazon, blaze abroad.

III. n.

1.

Exclamation, ejaculation, outcry, acclamation.

2.

Plaint, lament, lamentation, crying, weeping.

3.

Scream, shriek, screech, howl, yell, roar, bawl.

4.

Pack (of hounds).

cry

¦ verb (cries, crying, cried)

1. shed tears.

2. shout or scream loudly.

(of a hawker) proclaim (wares) for sale.

3. (of a bird or other animal) make a loud characteristic call.

4. (cry out for) demand as a self-evident requirement or solution: the scheme is crying out for reform.

5. (cry off) informal go back on a promise or fail to keep to an arrangement.

6. (cry someone/thing up or down) dated disparage (or praise) someone or something.

¦ noun (plural cries)

1. a loud shout or scream.

an urgent appeal or entreaty.

2. a spell of weeping.

3. a distinctive call of a bird or other animal.

Phrases

cry for the moon ask for what is unattainable or impossible.

for crying out loud informal used to express irritation or impatience.

Origin

ME: from OFr. crier (v.), cri (n.), from L. quiritare 'raise a public outcry', lit. 'call on the Quirites (Roman citizens) for help'.

cry

I

n.

1) to give, raise (formal), utter a cry

2) an anguished, plaintive; heart-rending; loud, lusty; piercing; rallying cry

3) a battle, war cry

4) a cry for (a cry for help)

5) (misc.) afar cry from ('very far from')

II

v.

1) to cry loudly

2) (d; intr.) ('to appeal') to cry for (to cry for justice)

3) (d; intr.) ('to weep') to cry for, with (to cry for joy; to cry with grief)

4) (d; intr.) ('to weep') to cry over (to cry over one's bad luck)

5) (d; intr.) to cry to ('to complain to') (don't come crying to me)

6) (misc.) to cry wolf ('to give a false alarm'); to cry havoc ('to warn of disaster'); to cry one's eyes out; to cry over spilled/spilt milk ('to complain in vain'); she cried herself to sleep

Wikipedia

Crying

Crying is the dropping of tears (or welling of tears in the eyes) in response to an emotional state or pain. Emotions that can lead to crying include sadness, anger, and even happiness. The act of crying has been defined as "a complex secretomotor phenomenon characterized by the shedding of tears from the lacrimal apparatus, without any irritation of the ocular structures", instead, giving a relief which protects from conjunctivitis. A related medical term is lacrimation, which also refers to non-emotional shedding of tears. Various forms of crying are known as sobbing, weeping, wailing, whimpering, bawling, and blubbering.

For crying to be described as sobbing, it usually has to be accompanied by a set of other symptoms, such as slow but erratic inhalation, occasional instances of breath holding and muscular tremor.

A neuronal connection between the lacrimal gland and the areas of the human brain involved with emotion has been established.

Tears produced during emotional crying have a chemical composition which differs from other types of tears. They contain significantly greater quantities of the hormones prolactin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, and Leu-enkephalin, and the elements potassium and manganese.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crying

Examples of use of cry

1. His voice cracking with grief, Matozinho added: ‘I just cry and cry and cry.

2. When they finally understand, they are so relieved they cry and cry.

3. "My company sergeant major, Harry Wall, told us, ‘If you are going to cry, then just cry.

4. "You just cry and cry," sighed Lolosoli, who said many men in her tribe still take several wives.

5. "I‘ve got God‘s shoulder to cry on, and I cry a lot," he said in an interview.