Cry Definition
- To sound an alarm; warn.
- To weep inconsolably for a long time.
- To tell one's problems to someone else in an attempt to gain sympathy or consolation.
- To regret in vain what cannot be undone or rectified.
- To raise a false alarm.
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Cry
- cry havoc
- cry (one's) eyes
- cry on (someone's) shoulder
- cry over spilled milk
- cry wolf
- for crying out loud
- in full cry
- a far cry
- cry down
- cry in one's beer
- cry off
- cry one's eyes out
- cry out
- cry up
- in full cry
Origin of Cry
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From Middle English crien, from Old French crier, ("to announce publicly, proclaim, scream, shout"; > Medieval Latin crīdāre (“to cry out, shout, publish, proclaim”)), from Frankish *krītan (“to cry, cry out, publish”), from Proto-Germanic *krītaną (“to cry out, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *greyd- (“to shout”). Cognate with Dutch krijten (“to cry”), Middle Low German krīten (“to cry, call out, shriek”), German kreißen (“to cry loudly, wail, groan”), Gothic (kreitan, “to cry, scream, call out”), Middle Irish grith (“a cry”), Welsh gryd (“a scream”).
From Wiktionary
Middle English crien from Old French crier from Vulgar Latin critāre from Latin quirītāre to cry out perhaps from Quirītēs public officers to whom one would cry out in times of need
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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