ADJ
- great, loud
- little, low, small
- choked/choking, muffled, stifled, strangled
- piercing, shrill
- hoarse
- the hoarse cry of a crow
- agonized, anguished, bitter, despairing, desperate, plaintive, terrible
- startled
- involuntary
- battle, rallying, war, warning
- animal, bird
VERB + CRY
- give, let out, raise, utter
- She gave an agonized cry as they lifted the fallen branch from her leg. He was too weak to raise even the smallest of cries
- hear
CRY + VERB
- go up
- A cry went up when it was discovered their man had escaped
- escape
- An involuntary cry escaped her as he entered the room
PREP
- with a ~
- He fell to the ground with a cry
- ~ for (figurative)
- Her suicide attempt was really a desperate cry for help
- ~ of
- a cry of despair/delight
VERB + CRY
- have
- You'll feel better when you've had a good cry
ADV
- a lot
- a little
- almost, nearly
- never, rarely
- bitterly
- He put his head on his arms and cried bitterly
- loudly
- quietly, silently, softly
- uncontrollably
- alone
VERB + CRY
- begin to, start to
- make sb
- leave sb to
- children who are left to cry alone
PREP
- about
- What are you crying about?
- for
- a child crying for his mother
- over
- I wasn't going to waste time crying over him!
- with
- Anna was almost crying with frustration
PHRASES
- cry like a baby
- Finally he broke down and cried like a baby
- cry your eyes out, cry yourself to sleep, feel like crying
- I felt like crying when I found out what had happened
- a shoulder to cry on
- (figurative) He was a fatherly shoulder to cry on when things went wrong
ADV
- aloud, out
- suddenly
- angrily, indignantly
- 'Never!' he cried angrily
- despairingly, desperately
- excitedly
- passionately, wildly
VERB + CRY
- want to
- She wanted to cry out to him not to be so stupid
- hear sb
- I heard her cry out in her sleep
PREP
- in
- ' What do you mean? 'she cried in agitation.' Who's there? ' she cried in a shrill voice
PHRASES
- cry for help
- She cried for help as the fire spread
- cry out in anguish/ fear/pain
