cry

Roget category 411

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation

#411. Cry

noun

cry etc. v. — voice etc. (human) 580 — hubbub — bark etc. (animal) 412.
vociferation, outcry, hullabaloo, chorus, clamor, hue and cry, plaint — lungs — stentor.

verb

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 etc. (animal sounds) 412.
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'_egosiller — strain the throat, strain the voice, strain the lungs — give a cry etc.

adjective

crying etc. v. — clamant^†, clamorous — vociferous — stentorian etc. (loud) 404 — open-mouthed.

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