cried
/kɹaɪd/
cried is the simple past and past participle of cry.
Meaning of cry
Verb
cry (third-person singular simple present cries, present participle crying, simple past and past participle cried)
- To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.
- That sad movie always makes me cry.
- To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
- All, all, cry shame against ye, yet I'll speak.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- To shout, scream, yell.
- And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 27:46
- To forcefully attract attention or proclaim one’s presence.
- My secrets cry aloud.
I have no need for tongue.1941, Theodore Roethke, “Open House”, in Open House, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC; republished in The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke, London: Faber and Faber […], 1968, →OCLC...
- My secrets cry aloud.
- To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
- the young ravens which cry1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 147:9
- Synonyms:
- call
- To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
- Tonight I’ll cry myself to sleep.
Words formed from cried
Phrases with cried
- cried on
- cried up
- cried aim
- cried off
- cried out
- cried beef
- cried down
- cried foul
- cried wolf
- ugly cried
- cried havoc
- cried uncle
23 more phrasesFewer phrases
- cried craven
- cried halves
- cried it out
- cried buckets
- cried out for
- cried cupboard
- cried poormouth
- cried the blues
- cried blue murder
- cried like a baby
- cried in one's beer
- cried stinking fish
- cried one's eyes out
- cried over spilt milk
- cried someone a river
- cried from the rooftop
- cried oneself to sleep
- cried from the housetop
- cried from the rooftops
- cried from the housetops
- cried like a little girl
- cried carrots and turnips
- cried all the way to the bank
Words that rhyme with cried
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- provide
- tied
- fried
- glide
- hide
- inside
- bide
- decide
- offside
- -side
- collide
- confide
- flipside
- set aside
- stride
- subside
- aside
- beride
- beside
- bestride
- chide
- coincide
- cyanide
- dried
- elide
- eyed
- gride
- preside
- reside
- Ryde
- allied
- applied
- astride
- betide
- bride
- deride
- dyed
- guyed
- I'd
- imide
- incide
- pied
- right side
- said
- snide
- statewide
- tried
- vide
Questions about cried
- What is cried the simple past and past participle of?
- Cried is the simple past and past participle of cry.
- How do you pronounce cried?
- Cried is pronounced /kɹaɪd/.
Words near cried in the dictionary
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