Definitions for cried

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cried cried

Spelling: [krahyd]

IPA: /kraɪd/

Cried is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 62 anagrams from letters in cried (cdeir).

Definitions for cried

noun

1. the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
2. clamor; outcry.
3. a fit of weeping:
4. the utterance or call of an animal.
5. a political or party slogan.
6. battle cry.
7. an oral proclamation or announcement.
8. a call of wares for sale, services available, etc., as by a street vendor.
9. public report.
10. an opinion generally expressed.
11. an entreaty; appeal.
12. Fox Hunting. a pack of hounds. a continuous baying of a hound or a pack in following a scent.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of cry.

Idioms

1. a far cry, quite some distance; a long way. only remotely related; very different:
2. cry havoc. havoc (def 4).
3. cry one's eyes / heart out, to cry excessively or inconsolably:
4. cry over spilled / spilt milk. milk (def 10).
5. in full cry, in hot pursuit:

Verb phrases

1. cry down, to disparage; belittle:
2. cry off, to break a promise, agreement, etc.:
3. cry up, to praise; extol:

verb (used with object)

1. to utter or pronounce loudly; call out.
2. to announce publicly as for sale; advertise:
3. to beg or plead for; implore:
4. to bring (oneself) to a specified state by weeping:

verb (used without object)

1. to utter inarticulate sounds, especially of lamentation, grief, or suffering, usually with tears.
2. to weep; shed tears, with or without sound.
3. to call loudly; shout; yell (sometimes followed by out).
4. to demand resolution or strongly indicate a particular disposition:
5. to give forth vocal sounds or characteristic calls, as animals; yelp; bark.
6. (of a hound or pack) to bay continuously and excitedly in following a scent.
7. (of tin) to make a noise, when bent, like the crumpling of paper.

Origin of cried

1175-1225; (v.) Middle English crien Anglo-French, Old French crier Vulgar Latin *crītāre for Latin quirītāre to cry out in protest, make a public cry; associated by folk etymology with Quirī

Examples for cried

Which was very ugly in me, and I cried afterwards and told her how sorry I was.

But she had to; and she was sent out of the room because she cried.

"I might have known you'd be the first," cried Grace with joyful affection.

On stage, the smartly suited Mixner was both very funny and very serious, and he cried after confessing the mercy killings.

"Here is somebody who will look at Hope," cried Kate, suddenly.

The man who would become the most influential fictionalist of the last half of the 20th century cried, “Ah, caramba!”

Better to be a beggar in freedom,” he cried out, “than to be forced into compromises against my conscience.

Giulavogui cried, 55 years old and less than a decade in America, but sounding like a Gotham newsboy from another era.

"It's the way you're treating me," he cried, with a clumsy man's awkward attempt at gesture.

Dr. Julie Bindeman, a married mom of three, cried as she told the story of her two abortions.