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cryier

cryier is the comparative form of cryey.

Meaning of cryey

Adjective

cryey (comparative cryier, superlative cryiest)

  1. (rare) Inclined to cry; tearful.
    • S'pose you had n't ever in all your hull life been called “my dear;” and you was all kind of shakin' and chokin' and cryey, and glad and sorry to once with hearin' it, could you go and spile it right straight off by ownin' up you had n't no claim to it?1892, Annie Trumbull Slosson, Aunt Liefy, New York: Anson D. F. Randolph & Co., page 26

Questions about cryier

What is cryier the comparative form of?
Cryier is the comparative form of cryey.

Words near cryier in the dictionary

  1. cryey
  2. cryfest
  3. cryfests
  4. cryful
  5. cryic
  6. cryier
  7. cryiest
  8. cryin'
  9. crying
  10. crying aim
  11. crying all the way to the bank

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