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
  • Once, at a wedding Rose officiated, Kale wept and waved his arms up and down — though the bride and groom had never met him before — while the crowd of Oregon locals looked at one another in confusion.
    — Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
  • But in a confessional, Stacey weeps while sympathizing with her heartbroken friend.
    — Abigail Adams, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of weep
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  • The lawyers asked Boasberg to review whether the government complied with his order.
    — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Authorities are asking anyone with information to contact the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office at 703-777-1021.
    — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of ask
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  • Of course, Plant also used those keening high notes to express an appetite for destruction.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
  • 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
Definition of keen
Verb
  • The caller also begs the grandparent not to tell mom and dad.
    — Steve Weisman, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • But The Electric State begs for playfulness, dynamism, some sense of dash and charm.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of beg
Verb
  • The Alien and Sedition Acts were mistakes that Adams lived to regret.
    — Marianne Holdzkom, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Does Phillip regret going for the immediate cash prize and giving David the power to cut him from the game?
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of regret
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  • Thompson and Nwodim moaned as Gardner said a customer was shot during an argument over Drake and Kendrick.
    — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 1 Mar. 2025
  • And all that online chatter, all those detractors who keep moaning about the Chiefs playing in the biggest games of the year every year?
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
Definition of moan
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  • 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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