Past tense of cry
regular verb
The past tense of cry is cried. The past participle is also cried.
Forms of cry
| Base form (V1) | cry /kɹaɪ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | cried /kɹaɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | cried /kɹaɪd/ |
| Present participle | crying /ˈkɹaɪ̯.ɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | cries /kɹaɪ̯z/ |
Cried in a sentence
- When the weight fell on her foot, she cried out in agony.From the entry agony
- Max is very sensitive; he cried today because of the bad news.From the entry sensitive
- The mother did not realize that giving her son candy every time he cried was positive reinforcement.From the entry positive reinforcement
- "I can't for the life of me think where I left the tickets!", she cried out, red-faced.From the entry red-faced
- She had a young child, which cried incessantly.From the entry which
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.
Questions about the past tense of cry
- What is the past tense of cry?
- The past tense of cry is cried.
- What is the past participle of cry?
- The past participle of cry is cried.
- Is cry a regular or irregular verb?
- Cry is a regular verb: its past tense changes -y to -ied.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cry (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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