Word Meanings - CRY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

shriek, perh. fr. queri to complain; cf. Skr. cvas to pant, hiss, 1. To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore. And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a

Additional info about word: CRY

shriek, perh. fr. queri to complain; cf. Skr. cvas to pant, hiss, 1. To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore. And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice. Matt. xxvii.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CRY)

• Crave
• Intreat
• implore
• beg
• ask
• beseech
• supplicate
• cry
• Ejaculation
• Exclamation
• utterance
• Vaunt
• Boast
• brag
• puff
• hawk
• trumpet
• cackle
• advertise
• flourish
• parade

Related words: (words related to CRY)

• SUPPLICATE
  supplicate; of uncertain origin, cf. supplex, supplicis, humbly begging or entreating; perhaps fr. sub under + a word akin to placare to reconcile, appease , or fr. sub under + plicare to fold, whence the idea of bending the knees . Cf. 1. To
• BESEECH
  1. To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore. I beseech you, punish me not with your hard thoughts. Shak. But Eve . . . besought his peace. Milton. Syn. -- To beg; to crave. -- To Beseech, Entreat, Solicit, Implore, Supplicate.
• VAUNT
  To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to brag. Pride, which prompts a man to vaunt and overvalue what he is, does incline him to disvalue what he has. Gov. of Tongue.
• TRUMPET
  A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved into a convenient shape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves
• BOASTFUL
  Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting; vainglorious; self-praising. -- Boast"ful*ly, adv. -- Boast"ful*ness, n.
• TRUMPET-TONGUED
  Having a powerful, far-reaching voice or speech.
• VAUNTER
  One who vaunts; a boaster.
• CRAVEN
  Cowardly; fainthearted; spiritless. "His craven heart." Shak. The poor craven bridegroom said never a word. Sir. W. Scott. In craven fear of the sarcasm of Dorset. Macualay. (more info) struck down, p. p. of cravanter, crevanter, to break, crush,
• IMPLORER
  One who implores.
• EXCLAMATION
  A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief. (more info) 1. A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out,
• INTREAT
  See SPENSER
• BESEECHING
  Entreating urgently; imploring; as, a beseeching look. -- Be*seech"ing*ly, adv. -- Be*seech"ing*ness, n.
• FLOURISHINGLY
  , adv. In a flourishing manner; ostentatiously.
• IMPLORE
  To call upon, or for, in supplication; to beseech; to prey to, or for, earnestly; to petition with urency; to entreat; to beg; -- followed directly by the word expressing the thing sought, or the person from whom it is sought. Imploring all the
• BOASTING
  The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking; ostentatious display. When boasting ends, then dignity begins. Young.
• BESEECHER
  One who beseeches.
• TRUMPET-SHAPED
  Tubular with one end dilated, as the flower of the trumpet creeper.
• ADVERTISEMENT
  1. The act of informing or notifying; notification. An advertisement of danger. Bp. Burnet. 2. Admonition; advice; warning. Therefore give me no counsel: My griefs cry louder than advertisement. Shak. 3. A public notice, especially a paid notice
• INTREATABLE
  Not to be entreated; inexorable.
• AVAUNTOUR
  A boaster. Chaucer.
• STRUMPET
  A prostitute; a harlot. Shak. (more info) debauchery, F. stupe, L. stuprare, stupratum, to debauch, stuprum