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cry like a baby

cry like a baby verb: of an adult or older child, to bawl unabashedly and pitifully.

Verb

cry like a baby (third-person singular simple present cries like a baby, present participle crying like a baby, simple past and past participle cried like a baby)

  1. (informal, simile) Of an adult or older child, to bawl unabashedly and pitifully.

Synonyms of cry like a baby

Forms of cry like a baby

third-person singular presentcries like a baby
present participlecrying like a baby
past participlecried like a baby
pastcried like a baby

Questions about cry like a baby

What does cry like a baby mean?
Cry like a baby means of an adult or older child, to bawl unabashedly and pitifully.
What part of speech is cry like a baby?
Cry like a baby is a verb.
What is the past tense of cry like a baby?
The past tense of cry like a baby is cried like a baby.

Words near cry like a baby in the dictionary

  1. cry havoc
  2. cry in one's beer
  3. cry in the wilderness
  4. cry into one's beer
  5. cry it out
  6. cry like a baby
  7. cry like a little girl
  8. cry off
  9. cry on
  10. cry one's eyes out
  11. cry oneself to sleep

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