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uncried

uncried

9.4
Tears that someone feels but does not shed
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈkraɪd/
translation icon : no llorado
  • She stared at the photograph, feeling the weight of her uncried sadness.

Examples

  • Those uncried tears can create a fog around the mind and the heart.

    Blog text (14)
  • I wasn't so sure about the look in my eyes—a look of uncried tears.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • I could also see a figure 8 stretching across the timelines, healing the present-day energy, and it heals all the energy, all the uncried tears through all the timelines.

    Blog text (14)
  • After the heartfelt conversation, he realized he had many uncried emotions inside him.

  • Even in joy, there were uncried tears of relief that he had not yet expressed.

Synonyms

unmourned
vsuncried
1 9.9

Not missed or felt sad about by people after death

highlights missing crying or tears rather than absence of public grief
unshed
vsuncried
1 8.2

Not yet released and still attached, especially tears, fur, or leaves

focuses on not being expressed by crying or not shed as tears
unlamented
vsuncried
1 8.9

People do not miss or mourn someone when they are gone

concerns absence of crying or tear shedding rather than the lack of sorrow
tearless
vsuncried
1 4.6

Not crying or showing any tears

emphasizes lack of tears or crying as expression rather than only state
unwept
vsuncried
  • Archaic
9.9

Not cried for or missed after someone dies

is about absence of crying or tears rather than mourning status

How Tearful

sobbing
69 1.0
weeping
3.2
teary
21 2.0
uncried
9.4

Surface Forms

uncried positive

Morphology

uncried = cried (transparent) = un + cry + ed

The meaning 'not expressed by crying / not shed as tears' is directly derived by negating 'cried' (from 'cry' meaning 'shed tears') with the prefix 'un-'.

Etymology

Uncried is built from un- 'not' and cry 'to shed tears'. So uncried tears or feelings are those kept inside because no tears were shed.