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ugly cries

ugly cries is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 cries

What is ugly cries the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Ugly cries is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ugly cry.

Words near ugly cries in the dictionary

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

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