uncrying
uncrying adjective: not crying; without tears.
Adjective
uncrying (not comparable)
- Not crying; without tears.
- Lots of people had loved her; they came to put flowers near and to say goodbye. They came out of her room with quiet, uncrying eyes, stood a moment by the fire in the studio, looking deep into it, and then they went away.1944, Emily Carr, “A Visitor”, in The House of All Sorts
- […] the pair of babies stood up to stare about them with the impassive, uncrying gaze of patriarchs.1987, Colin Thubron, chapter 3, in Behind the Wall: A Journey through China, London: Vintage, published 2001, page 72
Origin of uncrying
From un- + crying.
Words that rhyme with uncrying
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- bespying
- buying
- clying
- complying
- decrying
- defying
- denying
- descrying
- dyeing
- espying
- forbuying
- frying
- goodbyeing
- high-flying
- highing
- implying
- lyeing
- lying
- mistrying
- nighing
- outvying
- pieing
- plying
- prying
- rebuying
- redyeing
- refrying
- relying
- replying
- retrying
- retying
- scrying
- shanghaiing
- shying
- sighing
- skying
- speed flying
- spying
- stying
- supplying
- thighing
- unbuying
- undrying
- undyeing
- undying
- unflying
- unfrying
- unlying
Questions about uncrying
- What does uncrying mean?
- Uncrying means not crying; without tears.
- What part of speech is uncrying?
- Uncrying is an adjective.
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