plaintive cry

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• Cry — (kr[imac]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cried} (kr[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crying}.] [F. crier, cf. L. quiritare to raise a plaintive cry, scream, shriek, perh. fr. queri to complain; cf. Skr. cvas to pant, hiss, sigh. Cf. {Quarrel} a brawl,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• cry — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 shout/loud noise ADJECTIVE ▪ great, loud ▪ faint, little, low, small, soft, weak ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• plaintive — plain|tive [ˈpleıntıv] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: plaintif, from plaint; PLAINT] a plaintive sound is high, like someone crying, and sounds sad plaintive cry/voice/sound etc ▪ the plaintive cry of the seagull >plaintively adv …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• plaintive — [[t]ple͟ɪntɪv[/t]] ADJ GRADED A plaintive sound or voice sounds sad. [LITERARY] They lay on the firm sands, listening to the plaintive cry of the seagulls... Her voice was small and plaintive. Syn: mournful Derived words: plaintively ADV GRADED… …   English dictionary

• plaintive — adjective a plaintive sound is high, like someone crying, and sounds sad: the plaintive cry of the seagull plaintively adverb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• plaintive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. mournful, wistful, sad, melancholy, sorrowful. See lamentation. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. melancholy, pitiful, mournful; see sad 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [PLANE tiv] …   English dictionary for students

• plaintive — adjective a plaintive cry Syn: mournful, sad, wistful, doleful, pathetic, pitiful, piteous, melancholy, sorrowful, unhappy, wretched, woeful, forlorn, woebegone; literary dolorous …   Thesaurus of popular words

• cry — I n. 1) to give, raise (formal), utter a cry 2) an anguished, plaintive; heart rending; loud, lusty; piercing; rallying cry 3) a battle, war cry 4) a cry for (a cry for help) 5) (misc.) afar cry from ( very far from ) II v. 1) to cry loudly 2)… …   Combinatory dictionary

• To cry on — Cry Cry (kr[imac]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cried} (kr[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crying}.] [F. crier, cf. L. quiritare to raise a plaintive cry, scream, shriek, perh. fr. queri to complain; cf. Skr. cvas to pant, hiss, sigh. Cf. {Quarrel} a brawl,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• To cry out — Cry Cry (kr[imac]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cried} (kr[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crying}.] [F. crier, cf. L. quiritare to raise a plaintive cry, scream, shriek, perh. fr. queri to complain; cf. Skr. cvas to pant, hiss, sigh. Cf. {Quarrel} a brawl,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• To cry out against — Cry Cry (kr[imac]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cried} (kr[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crying}.] [F. crier, cf. L. quiritare to raise a plaintive cry, scream, shriek, perh. fr. queri to complain; cf. Skr. cvas to pant, hiss, sigh. Cf. {Quarrel} a brawl,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English