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bawling
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cry |
| Synonyms: | bellowing, blubbering, crying, groan, lament, lamentation, plaint, sobbing, wailing, weeping |
| Main Entry: | ululate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | howl |
| Synonyms: | bark, bawl, bay, bellow, blubber, clamor, groan, growl, hoot, keen, lament, moan, outcry, quest, roar*, scream, shout, shriek, wail, weep, whimper, whine, yell, yelp, yip, yowl |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ululation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | howl |
| Synonyms: | bark, bawl, bay, bellow, blubber, clamor, groan, growl, hoot, keen, lament, moan, outcry, quest, roar*, scream, shout, shriek, ululate, wail, weep, whimper, whine, yell, yelp, yip, yowl |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vociferation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme loudness |
| Synonyms: | blare, brouhaha*, bustle, buzz*, clamor, clinker, complaint, convulsion, din, discord, exclamation, ferment, hassle, hoo-ha, hubba-hubba, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo*, hurly-burly, lament, noise, outcry, pandemonium, protesting, racket, remonstrance, row, ruckus*, rumpus, shout, shouting, to-do, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uproar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wailing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cry |
| Synonyms: | bawl, bawling, bewailing, blubber, blubbering, howl, howling, keening, lament, lamentation, mourning, shedding tears, snivel, snivelling, sob, sobbing, sorrowing, tear*, tears, the blues, weep, weeping, whimpering, yowl |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | cry |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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clamant, clamorous, conclamant, conjubilant, crying, gemebund, hinnible, hylactic, latrant, mugient, open, plangorous, remugient, stentorian, vagient, vociferous
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| Main Entry: | regret |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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contrite, homesick, lamentable, languorous, much to be regretted, oikotropic, regretful, regrettable, regretted, regretting
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| Main Entry: | sorrow |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Trophonian, bathed in tears, begrutten, blatant, curkling, dacryagogue, dissolved in tears, elegiac, epiphoric, flebile, illachrymable, in mourning, in sackcloth and ashes, in tears, lachrimose, lachrymal, lamenting, larmoyant, like Niobe all tears, mournful, mugient, plaintful, plaintive, querimonious, querulous, remugient, sorrowful, sorrowing, tearful, weeping, with moisture in one's eyes, with tears in one's eyes, with watery eyes
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| Concept: | Cry. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; sound; specific sounds |
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-nouns
cry; voice (human); hubbub; bark (animal)., vociferation, outcry, hullabaloo, chorus, clamor, hue and cry, plaint; lungs; stentor.
-verbs
cry, roar, shout, bawl, brawl, halloo, halloa, hoop, whoop, yell, bellow, howl, scream, screech, screak, shriek, shrill, squeak, squeal, squall, whine, pule, pipe, yaup., cheer; hoot; grumble, moan, groan., snore, snort; grunt (animal sounds)., vociferate; raise up the voice, lift up the voice; call out, sing out, cry out; exclaim; rend the air; thunder at the top of one's voice, shout at the top of one's voice, shout at the pitch of one's breath, thunder at the pitch of one's breath; s'gosiller; strain the throat, strain the voice, strain the lungs; give a cry.
-adjectives
crying; clamant, clamorous; vociferous; stentorian (loud); open-mouthed.
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