'cry for' definitions:
Definition of 'cry for'
(from WordNet)
verb
Need badly or desperately; "This question cries out for an answer" [syn: cry out for, cry for]
Synonyms of 'cry for'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ache for,
- adjure,
- appeal,
- appeal to,
- ask,
- ask for,
- be dying for,
- be hurting for,
- be indicated,
- beg,
- beseech,
- blackmail,
- call for,
- call for help,
- call on,
- call upon,
- challenge,
- claim,
- clamor for,
- conjure,
- crave,
- cry on,
- cry out for,
- cry to,
- demand,
- entreat,
- exact,
- extort,
- gape for,
- have occasion for,
- hone for,
- hope for,
- impetrate,
- implore,
- impose,
- imprecate,
- indent,
- invoke,
- issue an ultimatum,
- itch for,
- kneel to,
- languish for,
- levy,
- long for,
- lust for,
- make a demand,
- need,
- obtest,
- order,
- order up,
- pant for,
- pine for,
- place an order,
- plead,
- plead for,
- pray,
- prerequire,
- put in requisition,
- require,
- requisition,
- run to,
- screw,
- sigh for,
- spoil for,
- supplicate,
- take doing,
- thirst for,
- want,
- want doing,
- warn,
- weary for,
- wish for,
- yearn for,
- yen for
Words containing 'cry for'
- Cried,
- Cries,
- Cry,
- Crying,
- To cry down,
- To cry on,
- To cry out,
- To cry out against,
- To cry out on,
- To cry to,
- To cry up,
- cri,
- cry out,
- cry out for,
- A far cry,
- Crying hare,
- Full cry,
- Hue and cry,
- Tin cry,
- To cry aim,
- To cry cupboard,
- To cry halves,
- To cry out upon,
- To cry quits,
- To cry upon,
- To cry you mercy,
- War cry,
- battle cry,
- cry havoc,
- crying bird,
- far cry,
- rallying cry,
- cry-baby tree