to croon

Examples

• All

• "My poor, poor Bran," she crooned as she kissed and cuddled the dog who had loved Dada too.

  Fiction book (1997)

• His voice was warm and crooning, the words scattered with reassurances and endearments.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Those guys right there could croon.

  Get Him to the Greek (2010)

• I wanna cry, wanna croon.

  Finian's Rainbow (1968)

• I could never croon A happy tune Without a tear

  Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

• "Oh, my man, I love him so," she crooned, "he'll never know?"

  Fiction book (1994)

• The woman at the end of the bar was crooning to herself.

  Fiction book (1994)

• You remember the way Buck was always crooning love songs in my ear?

  The Women (1939)

• "Baby, baby, baby," she crooned, kissing his head as his mother had when he was a bad boy.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Sai Mao leads into the first verse, crooning about the cool mists on the mountains of his Shan homeland.

  Academic text (2016)

Synonyms

H

to hum

vsto croon

69 1.0

Sing a tune with closed lips and no words

is gentler low singing that adds affectionate or sentimental feeling

C

to coo

vsto croon

3 5.5

To make a soft low sound to show affection

is musical low singing rather than brief affectionate noises

Antonyms

S

to shout

644 1.0

To speak very loudly to get attention or show strong feeling

S

scream

596 1.0

A loud high cry made when someone is afraid or hurt

How Soft

to croon

14 6.3

to hum

69 1.0

to sing

∞ 1.0

to belt

• Informal

15 5.5

Surface Forms

Etymology