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ugly cried

ugly cried is the simple past and past participle of ugly cry.

Meaning of ugly cry

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, slang) To weep to the extent that one's face contorts.
    • […] and then she grabbed onto his shirt and cried, he held her and tried to calm her, but knew that she just needed to ugly cry, for a while.2019, M. L. Aiken, Lucky Beginnings: Blue Moon Valley: The story of Tom and Maggie

Questions about ugly cried

What is ugly cried the simple past and past participle of?
Ugly cried is the simple past and past participle of ugly cry.

Words near ugly cried in the dictionary

  1. ugly
  2. Ugly American
  3. Ugly Americans
  4. ugly as bull-beef
  5. ugly as sin
  6. ugly cried
  7. ugly cries
  8. ugly cry
  9. ugly crying
  10. ugly customer
  11. ugly customers

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