Reverse Dictionary: CRY

ADJECTIVES
► LARMOYANT crying; given to tears; weeping → 1824
► MEWLING crying, whining → 1895 Sc.
► VAGIENT crying, squalling, wailing; said of infants → 1628 obs.
► YAMMERING crying with grief, wailing → 1536 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► YAUPING crying in despair, lamenting → 1787 Eng. dial.

ADVERBS
► A-CRY in a cry, crying → 1593 obs.

NOUNS
► BALLYHOOLY noise, commotion, crying → 1949 Aust. sl.
► BELDERING a resounding cry; the bellowing of a bull → 1841 Ireland & Eng. dial.
► BELDERMENT a loud continuous crying or shouting → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BELLING noisy crying, shouting or roaring of human beings → 1583 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► BELLOCK a loud cry, a roar → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BEVER the quivering of the under-lip, which precedes crying → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLAIR a cry; a loud sound → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLARING a crying aloud; a roaring → 1813 Eng. dial.
► BLARTING  the crying or whining of a child → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GAGRISH a loud cry → 1939 Amer. dial.
► MEOWLING a crying → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PUSSING a crying, a whingeing → 1990s Irish sl.
► QUEAK ► QUEEK a weak, peeping cry, as of a young or small animal → 1887 Sc.
► QUEEKLE a weak, peeping cry, as of a young or small animal → 1887 Sc.
► RAISING the noise made in crying or sobbing → 1905 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► RAME a cry; a continuous repetition of the same words or sound → 1808 Sc.
► RAMIN a persistent crying for something, as of a sick child → 1901 Sc.
► RANE a prolonged cry or utterance; a long string of words; a rigmarole → c1425 Sc.
► REAM a cry, esp. a reiterated cry; also, repetition, reiteration → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► REIRDING loud noise; din; crying, roaring → 1586 Sc. obs.
► SCREIGH a shrill cry, esp. of a bird; an urgent, irresistible call → 1685 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCROINOCH a shrill cry; a yell; a noise, a tumult; a noisy fuss → 1790 Sc.
► VAGIT a cry, lamentation, wail → 1627 obs.
► YAMMERING a cry of grief; a wailing → 1705 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► YAP the short, noisy cry of a peevish child → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► YAWL a cry; the act of crying → 1903 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► YAWP ► YOWP a loud cry; a loud noise; a whine → 1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► YEI a cry, a wail → a1225 obs.
► YELLOCH a shrill cry; a yell → 1513 Sc.
► YERR a loud or harsh cry; a yell, a howl → a1225 obs.
► YOOP the sound made by convulsive crying or sobbing → 1848
► YOP a harsh, hoarse, or querulous cry, esp. of a bird → 1824

NOUNS – PERSON
► BA ► BAA a crybaby → 1975 Irish sl.
► BAWLBABY a crybaby; a tattletale → 1937 Amer. dial.
► BESSY-BAB ► BESSY-BABS a child who cries for little cause; a petted, spoiled child → 1842 Eng. dial.
► BOOBY a crybaby; a person who cries readily → c1600 colloq.
► GIRNIE a person given to crying, whining, or fretting → 1825 Sc.
► GOWLY a fretful, crying child → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► LACHRYMIST a person addicted to tears; a weeper → 1620
► MOON-CALF a crying child → 1852 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOTHER SUCKER a crybaby → 1954 Amer. sl.
► SCREEL-POKE a crying child → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TIDDY BABY ► TITTY BABY a crybaby; a whiner → 1996 Amer. dial.
► WATER-BONSE a crybaby → L19 sl.
► WEEPING WILLIE a person who cries uncontrollably → 1949 US sl.
► YAP a crying, troublesome child → 1905 N. Ireland & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► YAUPER ► YAWPER a person who cries vigorously; a loud complainer → 1678
► YELPER a fellow who cries before he is hurt → 1880 sl.
► YOWTLIN a crying child → 1929 Sc.

PHRASES
► MY RIGHT EYE ITCHES  I shall cry → 1708-10 sl.
► THE TEARS WERE RUNNING DOWN HIS CHEEKS LIKE BEETLES UP A HILL said in ridicule of a child who is crying for nothing → 19C N. Ireland

VERBS
► BEAL to cry, to sob, to weep → 1886 Eng. dial.
► BEGREDE to cry about, to weep for → c1300 obs.
► BELDER to cry noisily, to roar; to shout → 1809 Eng. dial.
► BELGE to cry aloud, to bellow → 1825 Eng. dial.
► BELL to cry, to make a loud noise → a1000
► BELLICK ► BELLOCH ► BELLOCK to cry loudly, to roar → 1809 Eng. dial.
► BELVER to cry loudly, to roar, to bluster loudly → 1872 Eng. dial.
► BERE to cry, to roar → c1225 obs.
► BIBBLE to cry and sob; to snivel → 19C Eng. dial.
► BLABBER to cry, to blubber → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLAE to cry as a child → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLAIR to cry aloud; to make a noise → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLARE to cry, to weep, to lament; to roar → 1839 Eng. dial.
► BLART to cry, to lament; to roar → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLIRT to cry; to burst into tears; to weep → 1790 Sc.
► BLOBBER to cry in a broken, sobbing manner → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLODDER to cry immoderately → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLORE to cry; to cry out loudly; to weep → c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► BLORT to cry; to bellow loudly, to make a loud noise → 1891 Eng. dial.
► BLOW to cry aloud → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLUB to cry; to weep → 1873
► BLUBBER to cry → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► BOOHOO to cry loudly; to weep, to bawl → 1843 Amer. dial.
► CHRISTLE to cry → 1908 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CRAKE to cry; to shout → 19C Eng. dial.
► CROAK to groan or cry → 1500 obs.
► CROUP to cry hoarsely; to croak as a raven, frog, crane, etc. → 1513 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GAURE to cry; to shout → 1530 obs.
► GOWL to howl, to yell, to cry, to whine; to scold, to growl, to threaten, to scowl → 1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GREET to cry; to weep, to lament, to grieve → c725 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GROAK to whimper, to cry for anything → 1894 Sc.
► JAMMER to cry aloud fretfully; to fret; to whimper → 1774 Ireland
► JANGLE to cry → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ONE’S FACE to cry; to experience unexpected failure, defeat, or regret → 1946 Amer. dial.
► LAUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ONE’S MOUTH to cry; to experience unexpected failure, defeat, or regret → 1843 Amer. dial.
► LAUGH ON THE WRONG SIDE OF ONE’S MOUTH to cry; to experience unexpected failure, defeat, or regret → 1899 Amer. dial.
► LAUGH OUT OF THE OTHER CORNER OF ONE’S MOUTH to cry; to experience unexpected failure, defeat, or regret → 1912 Amer. dial.
► LAY IN to cry; to shed or ‘turn on’ tears → 1809
► LET FALL to cry; to shed tears → 1816
► MEWL to cry, as an infant or young animal → 1896 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► NAB THE BIB to cry → 1902 sl. (Bk.)
► NANG to cry like a fretful child; to worry → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OPEN OUT to cry aloud → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PLORE to cry; to shed tears, to wail → 1373 obs.
► PULE to cry in a thin voice; to whine, to whimper → 1525 now Sc. & literary usage
► PUT ONE’S FINGER IN ONE’S EYE to cry, esp. foolishly or ostentatiously; to weep → 1447
► QUEAK to cry, as the young of rats and mice → 1887 Sc.
► RAIN to cry; to shed tears copiously → 1588
► RAME to cry aloud, to shout; to scream → c1470 obs.
► REAM to cry aloud, to shout, to bawl; to weep, to bewail, to moan → 1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► ROAR to cry; to weep, usually, but not necessarily, loudly → 1741 Sc.
► ROAR AND GREET to cry; to weep, usually, but not necessarily, loudly → 1772 Sc.
► RUMATIZE to cry; to bring tears to the eyes; to shed tears → 1613 obs.
► RUTE to cry loudly, to bawl; said of a child → 1674 Eng. dial., obs.
► SANNICK ► SANNOCK ► SONNOCK to cry bitterly; to utter a whining, wailing cry → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SANNY to utter a whining, wailing cry without apparent cause → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCREED to cry, to scream; to produce any sharp sound; to move up and down so as to produce a sound, as a fiddle-bow over the strings → 1706 Sc. obs.
► SCREEL ► SKREEL to cry, to shriek, to squeal → 1890 Eng. dial.
► SET UP ONE’S PIPES to cry aloud; to yell → 1670 colloq.
► SIKE to cry; to sob → 1841 Eng. dial.
► SIMPER to cry; to whimper; to begin to cry as a spoiled child does → 1865 Eng. dial.
► SING THE BLACK PSALM to cry; generally said of children → 1705
► SNOOP (AND PRY) to cry → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► SNUB to cry, to sob, to snivel; to whimper → 1852 Amer. dial.
► SPLASH THE SALTIES to cry, to weep → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► SQUINNY to cry; to weep; to fret, as a child → 1847
► TAKE A PIPE to cry → L19 sl.
► TAKE ON to cry, to mourn, to grieve → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► TOOT to cry; to whine; to make a plaintive noise, as when a child cries loudly or mournfully → 1808
► TUNE ONE’S PIPES to weep or cry → L18 Sc. colloq.
► TUNE UP to get ready to cry; to begin crying → 1899 Amer. dial.
► TUNE UP ONE’S PIPES to get ready to cry; to begin crying → 1857 Amer. dial.
► TURN ON THE WATERWORKS to start to cry → 1647 sl.
► TWINE to cry, to fret; to whine; to complain, to moan → 1805 Eng. dial.
► WALLACH ► WALLOCH to cry as a child out of humour, to wail, to shriek, to scream, to howl → 1808 Sc.
► WATER ONE’S PLANTS to cry; to shed tears; to weep → 1542 obs., jocular usage
► WATER-CART to cry; to weep → M19 sl.
► WHINDLE ► WHINNEL to cry peevishly, to whimper, to whine, to fret → 1770 Amer. dial.
► YALE to cry; to howl; to fret like a sick child; to grumble → 1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► YAMMER ► YAMOUR ► YOMER to cry aloud fretfully; to whine, to whimper, to fret → 1481 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► YAP to cry shrilly, to scream, to whimper; said of a child → 1825 Sc.
► YAR ► YARR to cry; to shout; to speak loudly → 1902 Eng. dial.
► YAUP ► YAWP ► YOWP to cry aloud, to shout, to bawl; to whine → 1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► YAWN to cry; to howl like a dog → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► YELLOP to cry; to howl; to bark as a dog, to yelp → 1866 Eng. dial.
► YELP to cry aloud; to sing loud or on a high note → c1450 obs.
► YIMMER to cry aloud fretfully; to fret; to whimper; to complain; to grumble → 1774 N. Ireland
► YOBBIN to cry → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► YOPE to cry harshly or querulously, as a bird → a1300 chiefly Eng. dial.