crying
Tears flowing down
Crying is the act of shedding tears, typically from sadness, pain, or strong emotion.
As an adjective, crying emphasizes urgency or severity: a crying need, a crying shame.
The phrase for crying out loud expresses exasperation, a euphemism for "for Christ's sake."
Violent pulls apart
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
despair · melancholy · dejection · misery · woe · mourning · bereavement · loss
Violent pulls apart
- lacrimationSecretion of tears
- ductsEnclosed passage tubes
- rednessCrimson-hued state
- puffySwollen with air
blotchy · swollen · bloodshot · runny nose · trembling · shaking · quivering · choking
Prolonged mournful crying
- whimperingCrying weakly, softly
- snifflingRepeated nasal inhalation
- blubberingCrying noisily and uncontrollably
- snivelingTearful, pitiful complaining
bawling · moaning · howling · keening · lamentation · gulping · choking · hiccupping
Period following loss
- keeningVocal mourning for dead
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- funeralService honoring the dead
- wakePath left in water
shiva · wailing · ululation · dirge · elegy · threnody · bereavement · vigil
Prolonged mournful crying
- fussingAnxious, trivial agitation
- colickyAfflicted with abdominal spasms
- inconsolableUnable to be comforted
- hungryWanting to eat
teething · swaddling · soothing · pacifier · lullaby · rocking · comforting · nursing
Purification through emotional expression
- ventingReleasing emotion verbally
- reliefEasing of distress
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
- meltdownCatastrophic loss of control
overwhelmed · letting go · release · outpouring · pent-up · emotional · cleansing · therapeutic
Weeping caused by elation
- movedChanged location or felt
- touchedAffected emotionally or physically
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
- weddingMarriage rite and feast
reunion · proud · grateful · laughing · bittersweet · sentimental · emotional · overcome
tears
Violent pulls apart
anguish · despair · melancholy · dejection · misery · woe · mourning · bereavement · loss · sadness
tears
Violent pulls apart
- lacrimationSecretion of tears
- ductsEnclosed passage tubes
- rednessCrimson-hued state
puffy · blotchy · swollen · bloodshot · runny nose · trembling · shaking · quivering · choking · hyperventilating
wailing
Prolonged mournful crying
- whimperingCrying weakly, softly
- snifflingRepeated nasal inhalation
- blubberingCrying noisily and uncontrollably
sniveling · bawling · moaning · howling · keening · lamentation · gulping · choking · hiccupping · gasping
mourning
Period following loss
- keeningVocal mourning for dead
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- funeralService honoring the dead
wake · shiva · wailing · ululation · dirge · elegy · threnody · bereavement · vigil · procession
wailing
Prolonged mournful crying
- fussingAnxious, trivial agitation
- colickyAfflicted with abdominal spasms
- inconsolableUnable to be comforted
hungry · teething · swaddling · soothing · pacifier · lullaby · rocking · comforting · nursing · diaper
catharsis
Purification through emotional expression
meltdown · overwhelmed · letting go · release · outpouring · pent-up · emotional · cleansing · therapeutic · unburdening
happy tears
Weeping caused by elation
- movedChanged location or felt
- touchedAffected emotionally or physically
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
wedding · reunion · proud · grateful · laughing · bittersweet · sentimental · emotional · overcome · graduation
- gerundswalking, running, talking, eating, sleeping
- social interactiongreeting, hello, goodbye, hi, bye
- experiencesadventure, journey, moment, event, feeling
- kid activitiesplaying, running, jumping, climbing, swinging
- baby carebottles, bottle feeding, pacifiers, cribs, baby oil
- griefgrief, mourning, bereavement, sorrow, grieving
cryingtrivial
Lacking significance or weight
minor · negligible · unimportant · inconsequential · noncritical
- for crying out loudExclamation of frustration
- crying wolfIssuing false warnings
- crying babyWeeping young child
- crying outVocalizing loudly, urgently
- crying like a babyWeeping loudly, uninhibited
- crying babiesWeeping young children
cry, weeping, sobbing, cries, outcry, cried, crybaby, crybabies