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ugly crying

ugly crying is the present participle and gerund 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 crying

What is ugly crying the present participle and gerund of?
Ugly crying is the present participle and gerund of ugly cry.

Words near ugly crying in the dictionary

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

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