cry (for)

verb

Definition of cry (for)next
1
as in to grieve (for)

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2
as in to clamor (for)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cry (for)
  1. weep
  2. ask
  3. keen
  4. beg
  5. regret
  6. moan
  7. elegize
Verb
  • Advertisement There are paintings, dolls and ceramic figures, each with its own expression — smiling, laughing, smirking, weeping or silently shrieking.
    Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Lee’s ex-wife, Krista Lee, cradled her daughter Scout as the 16-year-old wept on her mother’s shoulder.
    Catherine McGrath, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of weep
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  • Police were asked to comment on the family’s criticism during their news conference on Monday.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Yes, but: The cost was lower than the agency's estimate of $2 million earlier this fall, when Chief Bob Day asked officers to work 12-hour days and cancel days off from Election Day through the weekend, per the Oregonian.
    Meira Gebel, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of ask
Verb
  • The sport's powerhouse India did not want to host another event, with Zimbabwe - emerging as a destination for major tournaments - and Sri Lanka keen but bypassed for the UAE, a reliable alternative that doubles as headquarters for the sport's governing body.
    Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
  • He’s been lauded for sounding like a vestige of another age — his supple, keening tenor the result of years of apprenticeship to the Pakistani artists Ustad Saami and Farida Khanum.
    Emily Lordi Philip Cheung, New York Times, 10 May 2024
Definition of keen
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  • With fans begging for the Ngannou vs. Jones bout, Davis speaks on what imaginary hurdles are present that are keeping this fight from occurring.
    Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
  • After Isla sees Alice (Fox) in a sim display and begs her father for the shiny toy, Nick sees the value of having assistance around the house.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of beg
Verb
  • Focus on the possibility of growth rather than regret and plan how to work on it.
    Luciana Paulise, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Even parents who only did that some of the time regret it.
    Margot Machol Bisnow, Contributor, CNBC, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of regret
Verb
  • Or the most notorious night at the Scene, when a drunk Morrison pretended to give Hendrix a blow job onstage, moaning all the while into the microphone.
    Sarah Weinman, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Murray would moan and berate himself and do all the things that felt to me entirely natural.
    Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 23 July 2024
Definition of moan
Verb
  • The trope tends to elegize artists who are perceived to be ahead of their time or otherwise inimical to regnant conventions.
    Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
  • Spielberg h as chosen to elegize the story by romanticizing it, swathing the characters in Norman Rockwell attitudes, a meddlesome symphonic score, and a golden fairy dust that shines through the windows like God's blessing.
    Eliza Berman, Time, 5 Oct. 2017
Definition of elegize
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cry (for)

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“Cry (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cry%20%28for%29. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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