crier — meaning in English
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English meaning
- call verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
- cry verb To shed tears, usually from sadness, pain, or strong emotion.
- holler verb To shout loudly, often to get attention or express strong feeling.
- scream noun A loud, high-pitched cry expressing strong emotion such as fear, pain, or excitement.
- shout verb To say something loudly, especially to express strong emotion or get attention.
- shriek noun A sharp, high-pitched scream or cry.
- squeal noun A loud, high-pitched cry or sound.
Senses
crier is used for these senses in English:
- call To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.
- call out (intransitive, transitive) To yell out; to vocalize audibly; announce.
- cry (transitive) To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
- cry (ambitransitive) To shout, scream, yell.
- cry out To shout in a loud voice, due to pain, or fear, or unhappiness.
- holler (intransitive) To yell or shout.
- scream (intransitive, also, figuratively) To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to screech, to shriek.
- shriek (intransitive) To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish.
call — full definition
- verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
- verb To give someone or something a name; to refer to something in a particular way.
- verb To pay a brief visit, or to stop at a place, especially a ship stopping at a port.
- verb To predict or officially declare an outcome.
- noun An act of speaking to someone on the phone.
cry — full definition
- verb To shed tears, usually from sadness, pain, or strong emotion.
- verb To shout or call out loudly.
- noun An act of shedding tears.
- noun A loud shout or call.