to cry for

Examples

• All

• The American public is crying for peace.

  Good Guys Wear Black (1978)

• Still, the voters cry for protection for their children.

  Academic text (2002)

• The world is always crying for original voices.

  Blog text (20)

• The public cries for a "no risk" standard to be imposed on incinerators.

  Academic text (1993)

• It was pitiful to hear the children cry for food, but we were told that none had been baked.

  Academic text (1993)

• Today, Tottenville is one of many neighborhoods fractured and crying for your return to health.

  Blog text (2)

• The garden measured fifty paces up one side and twenty along the other, but after six weeks of drought, it seemed as long and wide as a city block, filled with thousands of drooping plants crying for help.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The community cried for assistance after the devastating storm damaged their homes.

• During the drought, many farmers cried for support to save their crops.

• After the accident, the injured man cried for medical help as he lay on the ground.

Synonyms

B

to beg

vsto cry for

417 1.0

Ask someone very seriously and urgently for something

describes the urgent need itself rather than the act of pleading

P

to pray

vsto cry for

• Archaic

256 1.6

To beg someone urgently and humbly for something

is about being in urgent need rather than the humble request to someone

P

to plead

vsto cry for

232 3.9

Ask someone urgently and emotionally for something

is the state of urgent need rather than the emotional request

A

to appeal

vsto cry for

100 2.7

To make a serious request for help or support

focuses on needing something urgently rather than asking others directly

C

to call for help

vsto cry for

59 1.6

To ask loudly for help in an emergency

states urgent need itself rather than the vocal act of asking

B

to beseech

vsto cry for

• Formal

47 8.2

To ask someone earnestly for something

focuses on needing something urgently rather than the emotional plea

S

to seek help

vsto cry for

30 2.0

Ask someone for support when you face a problem

signals urgent need rather than the general act of looking for help

C

to cry out for

vsto cry for

26 4.1

To urgently need something

is the same urgent need but presented as the main entry

C

to cry out for help

vsto cry for

7 2.7

To shout loudly when you need help right away

describes the urgent need itself rather than the shout for it

C

to call for support

vsto cry for

1 3.1

To ask people or groups for help when you need it

expresses being in urgent need rather than the act of requesting help

S

to shout for help

vsto cry for

1 1.0

Call out loudly to ask someone to come to you when you are in danger

expresses the underlying urgent requirement rather than calling out

B

to beg on one's knees

vsto cry for

• Informal

1 7.0

Ask someone for help or forgiveness while kneeling and looking very desperate

describes urgent need itself rather than the humble act of pleading

Antonyms

P

plenty

∞ 1.0

A large amount that is more than needed

S

to suffice

99 4.7

To be enough for what is needed

How Needed

to cry for

3 4.1

to require

∞ 1.1

to need

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology