cry (for)

verb

Definition of cry (for)next
1
as in to grieve (for)

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2
as in to clamor (for)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cry (for)
  1. weep
  2. ask
  3. keen
  4. beg
  5. regret
  6. moan
  7. elegize
Verb
  • Hot dogs and luncheon meats can weep when frozen because their emulsion becomes broken.8 16.
    Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Both of them wept as the conversation circled closer to a resolution.
    Julia Whelan Krish Seenivasan Lance Neal, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of weep
Verb
  • If not, maybe stick to a regular screening, during which fans have been specifically asked not to sing along.
    Kathryn Varn, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The Writers Guild of America sent a letter to Hollywood studios including Disney, Sony and Netflix, asking them to take action against tech companies who are using writers’ work to train AI.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of ask
Verb
  • The sport's powerhouse India did not want to host another event, with Zimbabwe - emerging as a destination for major tournaments - and Sri Lanka keen but bypassed for the UAE, a reliable alternative that doubles as headquarters for the sport's governing body.
    Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
  • He’s been lauded for sounding like a vestige of another age — his supple, keening tenor the result of years of apprenticeship to the Pakistani artists Ustad Saami and Farida Khanum.
    Emily Lordi Philip Cheung, New York Times, 10 May 2024
Definition of keen
Verb
  • As natural explorers and hunters, indoor cats often beg to go outside.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
  • As a Puck Soup listener pointed out this week, if Pegula only owned the football team, Buffalo fans would be begging him to buy the Sabres too.
    Sean McIndoe, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of beg
Verb
  • One day without inconsiderate people making everyone miserable and making others regret their decision to keep the peace.
    Brenda Looper, arkansasonline.com, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Palace will regret that only Eze remains — although for how much longer is another matter.
    Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of regret
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  • Many of the patients were critically ill and moaning in pain from broken bones, head gashes and other injuries blamed on Tropical Storm Helene.
    Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Rather than chuckling at the opposition's jibes or moaning at the batters, the pacemen should absorb the spirit of Glenn McGrath.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of moan
Verb
  • The trope tends to elegize artists who are perceived to be ahead of their time or otherwise inimical to regnant conventions.
    Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
  • Spielberg h as chosen to elegize the story by romanticizing it, swathing the characters in Norman Rockwell attitudes, a meddlesome symphonic score, and a golden fairy dust that shines through the windows like God's blessing.
    Eliza Berman, Time, 5 Oct. 2017
Definition of elegize
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cry down

cry (for)

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