cry in Malay
menangis
UK/kɹaɪ/
cry in Malay: menangis, tangis, tangisan. In English, cry means to shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.
Malay words for cry
- intransitive: to shed tears
- menangis, tangis
- shedding of tears
- tangisan
English meaning of cry
- verb To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.
- verb To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
- verb To shout, scream, yell.
- verb To forcefully attract attention or proclaim one’s presence.
cry in a sentence
- That sad movie always makes me cry.
- Tonight I’ll cry myself to sleep.
- After we broke up, I retreated to my room for a good cry.
Synonyms of cry
cry in other languages
- cry in Hindi
- cry in Tamil
- cry in Marathi
- cry in Urdu
- cry in Bengali
- cry in Telugu
- cry in Malayalam
- cry in Kannada
- cry in Punjabi
- cry in Gujarati
- cry in Odia
- cry in Sanskrit
- cry in Sinhala
- cry in Assamese
- cry in Nepali
- cry in Pashto
- cry in Tagalog
- cry in Arabic
- cry in Indonesian
- cry in Persian
- cry in Thai
- cry in Vietnamese
- cry in Myanmar
Questions about cry in Malay
- What is the meaning of cry in Malay?
- Cry in Malay is menangis, tangis, tangisan.
- Apakah maksud cry dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Cry: menangis, tangis, tangisan.
- What does cry mean in English?
- Cry means to shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.
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