I.
noun
1 shout/loud noise
ADJECTIVE
▪ great , loud
▪ faint , little , low , small , soft , weak
▪ choked , muffled , stifled , strangled
▪ piercing , sharp , shrill
▪ hoarse
▪
the hoarse ~ of a crow
▪ agonized , anguished , desperate , mournful , plaintive , terrible
▪
a plaintive ~ for help
▪ startled
▪ triumphant
▪ involuntary
▪ sudden
▪ battle , rallying , war , warning
▪ animal , bird
VERB + CRY
▪ give , let out , raise , utter
▪
She gave an agonized ~ as they lifted the fallen branch from her leg.
▪
He was too weak to raise even the smallest of cries.
▪ muffle , stifle
▪
He tried to yell out, but the hand muffled his cries.
▪
She stifled a small ~.
▪ hear
CRY + VERB
▪ echo , go up , ring out
▪
A ~ went up when it was discovered their man had escaped.
▪ come from sb/sth , escape sb/sth
▪
An involuntary ~ escaped her as he entered the room.
PREPOSITION
▪ with a ~
▪
He fell to the ground with a ~.
▪ ~ for ( figurative )
▪
Her suicide attempt was really a desperate ~ for help.
▪ ~ of
▪
a ~ of despair/delight
2 act of crying
ADJECTIVE
▪ good
▪ little
VERB + CRY
▪ have
▪
You'll feel better when you've had a good ~.
II.
verb
1 produce tears
ADVERB
▪ a lot , hard
▪ a little
▪ almost , nearly
▪ never , rarely
▪ bitterly
▪
He put his head on his arms and cried bitterly.
▪ loudly
▪ quietly , silently , softly
▪ hysterically , uncontrollably
▪ alone
VERB + CRY
▪ begin to , start to
▪ want to
▪
I felt like I wanted to ~.
▪ make sb
▪ leave sb to
▪
children who are left to ~ alone
PREPOSITION
▪ about
▪
What are you ~ing about?
▪ for
▪
a child ~ing for his mother
▪ over
▪
I wasn't going to waste time ~ing over him!
▪ with
▪
Anna was almost ~ing with frustration.
PHRASES
▪ ~ like a baby
▪
Finally he broke down and cried like a baby.
▪ ~ your eyes out
▪ ~ yourself to sleep , feel like ~ing
▪
I felt like ~ing when I found out what had happened.
▪ a shoulder to ~ on ( figurative )
▪
He was a fatherly shoulder to ~ on when things went wrong.
2 shout
ADVERB
▪ aloud , out
▪ suddenly
▪ angrily , indignantly
▪
‘Never!’ he cried angrily.
▪ desperately
▪ excitedly , happily , triumphantly
▪ passionately
VERB + CRY
▪ want to
▪
She wanted to ~ out to him not to be so stupid.
▪ hear sb
▪
I heard her ~ out in her sleep.
PREPOSITION
▪ in
▪
‘What do you mean?’ she cried in agitation.
▪
‘Who's there?’ she cried in a shrill voice.
PHRASES
▪ ~ for help
▪
She cried for help as the fire spread.
▪ ~ out in anguish, fear, pain, etc. , etc.
Cry is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ baby , ↑ child , ↑ seagull , ↑ voice
Cry is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ tear