Describing Wordsfor Crying

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Here are some adjectives for crying: faint incoherent, shrill weak, oddly chopped, huge, tumultuous, sonorous and short, little, joyful, yon universal, plaintive signal, harsh, predatory, emphatic silent, hopeless animal, softly despairing, swift pure, great and convoluted, unbroken, agonizing, passionate despairing, strong, incessant, quickly muffled, high-pitched and insistent, weird and high-pitched, shrill thirsty, rough, despairing, single, heart-rending, odd and ear-splitting, new, voiceless, weak happy, sad eerie, plaintive and terrific, obstinate, maniacal, soft hooting. You can get the definitions of these crying adjectives by clicking on them. You might also like some words related to crying (and find more here).

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Words to Describe crying

Below is a list of describing words for crying. You can sort the descriptive words by uniqueness or commonness using the button above. Sorry if there's a few unusual suggestions! The algorithm isn't perfect, but it does a pretty good job for most common nouns. Here's the list of words that can be used to describe crying:

faint incoherent shrill weak oddly chopped huge, tumultuous sonorous and short little, joyful yon universal plaintive signal harsh, predatory emphatic silent hopeless animal softly despairing swift pure great and convoluted unbroken, agonizing passionate despairing strong, incessant quickly muffled high-pitched and insistent weird and high-pitched shrill thirsty rough, despairing single, heart-rending odd and ear-splitting new, voiceless weak happy sad eerie plaintive and terrific
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obstinate, maniacal soft hooting lone, sharp euphoric, silent low, involuntary shrill and rather agreeable guttural, incoherent shrill, hooting distant, raucous triumphant crystal spontaneous and horrid ever audible indistinct shrill apprehensive vague hungry, wintry vague and unceasing fierce, aspiring loud heart-rending plaintive animal furious, incoherent weird, undulating terrifying, high-pitched single, haunting tardy repentant musical, mournful silent, spiritual primal, feral demonic and triumphant angry, unending vague synthetic short repetitive long braying shrill breathless faint, pathetic sharp grateful hoarse and animal-like mournful and unmusical rapturously breathless strange and sonorous faintest human deep, inherent short and simultaneous supremely national sharp simultaneous odious, horrible shrill, greedy low, despairing shrill, uncanny eerie and mournful wild, inarticulate last soulful brittle feline distant plaintive deep shivery melancholy shrill shrill birdlike terrible, brief somehow gleeful furious and somehow gleeful great, bloodthirsty weird, thin rancorous and terrible low and horrible cold triumphant familiar, haunting supposedly traditional steady, rasping piteous wild small but joyful single, anguished faint despairing painful hoarse distinct far-off glad revolutionary quick desolate loud and grievous loud bitter hoarse, hooting singular, eager faint, multitudinous despairing and most agonizing great and solemnly joyous plaintive, ominous thy uncanny last, appealing hopeless everlasting piteously pathetic hopelessly inconsequential artless and unsupported inevitable helpless unfathomably profound and awful singularly resounding shrill indignant shrill and long fainter little long and piercingly shrill awful, inarticulate peculiar whooping wild inarticulate last, high-pitched low terrible angry, incoherent loud or silent little, glad hoarse inarticulate dulcet little sudden masculine high-pitched double faint and windy long, whooping musical, mechanical little voiceless frightening high-pitched loud and dramatic mournful, mechanical terrifying high-pitched loud, animal-like ceaseless low sudden, hoarse occasional anguished lone, anguished breathless, inarticulate high-pitched, unusual terrifying, shrill constant, tragic full, shrill faint and happy loud haunting muffled but urgent gruesome, earsplitting plaintive, thin raucous imperative shrill, heart-rending glad, elated ear-splitting, heart-stopping intimate, passionate deep, shrill weak and ignominious shrill twofold plaintive, unconscious startlingly shrill raw hoarse curious breathy sibilant mute shrill terror-stricken final glad hushed but triumphant shrill, animal long, startling foolish and quaint pathetically confident instinctive and simultaneous little grievous thin but intense clamorous ominous mellow and tremulous transient and doubtful curious, mournful stupid and impudent dazed glad glad, hoarse unearthly musical sadder, fainter mere interjectional monotonous short musical two-note low and oft-repeated dismal, tremulous pitiful, indistinct mournfully passionate weird, doleful strident, dismal shrill and hasty singularly attractive and musical sudden blasphemous occasional petulant elfin double presumptuous and characteristic own perfunctory shrill, acrid curt, inarticulate cheery and musical disagreeable and shrill general, short exceedingly loud and harsh clear solitary customary persistent hoarse triumphal loud and very peculiar familiar mournful popular and almost historical monotonous, irritating indignant and honest startling, puzzling solemn and most mysterious faint, reedy little, joyous far-off, eerie soft and rather pleasing constant and ever-swelling shrill fractious indiscreet but natural discordant but mournful furious, shrill strange harrowing loud impassioned small but dismal sharp piteous vociferous discordant weak discordant haunting, obstinate shrill, heartbreaking strange but sadly plaintive distinctly australian shrill and sudden loud and incoherent thin despairing shrill, sudden faint last sharp, weak hoarse and inarticulate strange, involuntary loud but musical mournful, hooting despairing mental despairing silent loud and frenzied short, cut-off shrill, passionate old despairing hoarse, soft peculiar and plaintive glad little strange, inarticulate sharp, wild equally uncanny final anguished sweet and startling shrill inhuman loud, piteous fierce, involuntary sharp, anguished shrill and terrible loud, inarticulate low, glad awful, hoarse rasping repetitive tremulous, subliminal strident and mournful shrill, unexpected loudest, strangest single hoarse loud, despairing great raucous anguished mental last, muffled next useless soft, inadvertent familiar triumphant small, aborted familiar frenzied damned and desperate bitter overwhelming shrill shrill emphatic and vehement little, grateful low, grievous high-pitched, heart-rending low convulsive hoarse, inarticulate hoarse dark fearful, sibilant full avian bestial, animal urgent, raucous high and fearsome annoying and astonishing sudden, drawn-out full horrid good unscientific rasping ancient curt, rasping nauseatingly shrill enraged, animal sharp, faint small glad sharp and weirdly alien practised, authoritative final maniacal excruciating telepathic incessant, unbearable endless, anguished silent, plaintive sudden and exceedingly bitter weird guttural pitiful, plaintive suicidal primeval sudden, inarticulate breathless, low little unrestrained great guttural sudden guttural faint, desolate nagging, chronic sonorous, mechanical terrible, forlorn hoarse muffled sweet and imperious single atrocious great, defiant painful siren pathetic, despairing horrible ragged never forgettable brief, querulous shrill, hair-raising understandably common sharp, hoarse sudden animal-like crazy votive small voiceless brutal, hoarse tremendous and desperate last rasping rude bucolic yon doleful rhythmical periodic exceedingly great and bitter general and doleful petulant or weary quickest and happiest hoarse strange hollow and despairing sad, husky faint passionate latest despairing pitiful, unceasing sharp, screechy simplest, deepest profound, imperative plaintive distant thin and appealing unpleasant, unintelligible brutal and magnificent simple, brutal and magnificent loud but mysterious hollow impatient fraternal and memorable plaintive and amorous despairing, heart-rending plaintive, ecstatic mad defiant glad last aristocratic alexandrine solemn responsive jocosely satiric ceaseless, persistent long, bestial savage, sacred shrill, far-reaching shrill, incessant faraway unceasing harsh british multitudinous, overwhelming harsh, jubilant faint and childish spiritless, hopeless dim and bitter great heartening mysterious, troubled clear, pitiable gloomy and hair-raising penetrating, weird arrogant hebraic wild or wistful discreet, plaintive desolate and hungry odious but inevitable low, joint low simultaneous loud and sodden fearful and yet haughty fateful, husky perfectly credible and natural eerie solitary crazy, inarticulate coarse brave loud, inspiring little, sympathetic vociferous and urgent unanimous cheerful tremulous, awful musical, abrupt cautious, muffled shrill savage loud and very bitter recent joyous horrid, human thin, brazen dismal, homeless feeble despairing hopeless but excusable shrill poignant lyric fiery faint and eager pained, low fierce and universal discordant and unmistakable faint but desperate hoarse and brutish keen twin shrill and terror-stricken shrill imperial wild piteous equally lone and desolate incidental, involuntary shrill pitiful shrill pathetic penetrating, fearful harsh and solitary last tonsorial particularly loud and insistent distressed, appealing weird, guttural loud fast-spreading popular liberal plaintive and wild exotic, mournful vibrant, plaintive plaintive, human monotonous and yet pleasing hoarse, awful equally victorious wild but cultured unceasing or intermittent sharp, unceasing or intermittent wild but melodious insistent, joyous sharp, glad mournful and shrill wild and sickening final paroxysmal doleful, continuous strange, inimitable small comprehensive fateful, epoch-making eager, homing wild but joyful refreshing, honest unnatural guttural hysterical inarticulate faint and raucous dreadful and monotonous low, inimitable lone, sorrowful silent but deeply impressive senseless and fanatical great and irrepressible hopeless unuttered little, surreptitious sad, silken downright simultaneous joyful moorish piteous, human senseless and mischievous louder, wild-sounding glad, shrill distinct or continuous low but lone dreadful urgent mad, seditious faint signal authentic lyric faint, pitiable joyous familiar plaintive, joyful ceaseless and maddening scornful, dramatic lonesome, hollow strangely thrilling and appealing thrilling and appealing tremulous, haunting mournful, low eternal, hapless strong horrid plaintive and doleful dreadful, thrilling attractive sharp shrill feeble penetrating, excruciating unmet and unanswered blood-chilling, terrible silliest and most absurd occasional incisive strong, inhuman quick, inarticulate shrill, evil throaty, animal-like strong and loud hard rebellious bitter, insistent lonely raucous mournful and appealing sudden, menacing terrifying and barbaric anti-french and anti-catholic sharp, terror-stricken great homing slow drawn-out foolish but infernally risky shrill and short contagious irish rousing, guttural low, articulate heart-rending, terrible wild, quaint persistent and almost universal sad, inarticulate general or urgent low and memorable vehement, impetuous discordant, ominous short quaint startling and despairing raucous and hideous desolate thrilling hoarse, menacing spirited sandoval harshly blatant exceedingly loud and mournful mournful and feeble gutteral and loud sensitive agonizing excessively loud and disagreeable involuntary and constant desperate, sweet glad, low general and impressive thrilling, disturbing quiet and almost inarticulate dreadful, heartbreaking wild and almost frenzied glad, thirsty shrill and rhythmic sudden and very piteous unutterably plaintive inquiring, short distant hoarse wild and almost inarticulate hoarse peculiar appropriate and cheery sonorous and startling popular partisan --fatal, immemorial gay, penetrating supernatural, clear soft, piteous loud alarming passionate, pent-up human and boyish shrill, terror-stricken great vehement faithful, bitter loving plaintive faint squeaky strong but humble plaintive desperate fearfully horrible panic-stricken appealing mad, unforgettable terrible, low exaggeratedly dramatic petulant, pathetic single seditious peculiar and loud incessant full thin troubling weird, far-reaching voiceless, clamorous sharp concerted glad guttural inarticulate raucous awful and steady shrill and usually short incessant and unchanging involuntary bitter mournful and deep remote mournful dismal, appalling wild and homesick brief inarticulate everlasting and monotonous high, uncanny solemnly joyous true and piteous sudden plaintive customary fierce haunting, wild tumultuous reckless soulful, grateful romantic, impassioned shrill multiple loud and petulant real inarticulate pleasant continuous shrilly harsh similar but very faint ancient and welcome shrill and oft-repeated awful, convulsive oldest, latest melancholy monotonous distant insistent vast kindred peculiar and noisy weak, hungry odd incoherent continual hoarse querulous, pitiful imperious and incessant peculiar but different equally peculiar but different hoarse, incessant long robust soft, stinging long, querulous mighty and bitter hideous, indescribable unutterably pathetic wild and very bitter sweet crystalline sharp, vehement old inarticulate truly dauntless lone perpetual hoarse and plaintive low, murderous weak high-pitched horribly inarticulate conscientious declamatory fuller and lower convulsive emotional defiant or despairing vehement or loud great and bitter high, fierce loud and bitter little inarticulate occasional raucous hoarse human furious, feral little, inarticulate thin, inhuman little ecstatic shrill wild fierce, shrill strong, shrill weird, hollow faint and piteous sweet and mournful wild, glad loud strange low, anguished hoarse, despairing loud, glad long, anguished far-off, mournful high far-off single shrill soft, anguished ceaseless shrill eerie undulating shrill hooting soft distressed hoarse, meaningless weak, persistent thin and terrible still eerie wild shrill tiny, plaintive endless, wrenching strangely piteous distant raucous wild braying short, despairing hoarse booming harsh unintelligible savage, discordant shrill, feeble sharp, plaintive peculiar, sharp loud terrific mournfully-musical faint, keen strange sputtering faint, long shrill unnatural harsh and terrifying faint, querulous shrill raucous clear, distant disagreeable shrill hollow mysterious shrill, slow sharp impetuous sharp, solitary strong, horrid wild, hoarse shrill, plaintive shrill, weird shrill and peculiar anguished human occasional dismal plain, sharp hoarse, hungry final, drawn-out softly muffled last inarticulate sorrowful and bitter great hooting faint, distressed wild raucous weird eerie shrill and awful short, glad so-called epileptic hoarse and horrible peculiar and suggestive single plaintive wild, jubilant fearful, wild unfathomably profound sudden, pitiful strange, resonant faint, plaintive shrill wild, shrill sudden hoarse wild, despairing great inhuman loud, terrible single responsive little inaudible shrill, wild shrill, peculiar sudden anguished occasional mournful low pitiful low, terrible soft, glad sharp, querulous hoarse low hoarse loud raucous wild despairing great, infinite little joyful high, strange low, vibrant wild, eerie long shrill inarticulate strange loud sharp, shrill quick glad high-pitched, breathless distant harsh last despairing faraway muffled sickeningly human weird, shrill victorious, whooping thrilling, birdlike final hoarse rasping, plaintive gay, terrible desperate nighttime haunting, terrifying cularly violent shrill, eerie final, hollow thin, anguished weird and savage muffled sharp eerie distant thin, hysterical shrill, small faint anguished rasping, liquid single, inarticulate frantic, involuntary brief muffled single weird shrill harsh fearful, angry terrible low inarticulate little tiny, despairing brief, low shrill, mournful high-pitched, monotonous hoarse, panicky loud, healthy momentary sharp hoarse, drawn-out distinctive mournful pitiful, terror-stricken single rasping savage, unyielding lonely monotonous melodious native jubilant ecstatic eerie, desolate feeble, plaintive shrill, far-off great, incoherent faint but urgent inhuman guttural sharp inhuman guttural, greedy high, despairing endless ineluctable angry, brittle hot and urgent thin, involuntary dismayingly eager desperate psychic biggest shiral stunning, mindless insane shrill loud, feline shrill, avian shrill and plaintive dreadful, frightening furious guttural hollow, plaintive long gassy pained, cathartic vast last final drawn-out sweet, raucous sorrowful, appealing tiny, joyful distant, mournful universal and singularly impressive wild, joyful ugly feral heart-rending men-tal brief, unmusical gusty, voiceless great tear-filled strangely bizarre inarticulate short frightening but necessary terrible despairing wild, lilting low feral weird, whooping faint, glad ragged, anguished anguished, silent muffled familiar single whooping same whooping forlorn, desperate shrill, bloodless repetitive, high-pitched odd, plaintive high, hopeless continuous, penetrating brief inhuman short eerie low wild alien, terrible peculiar thick muffled, female last impassioned shrill but still masculine still masculine muffled and unintelligible loud, horrific full and desperate anxious needy sharp and quickly muffled oddly faint and pathetic oddly faint ridiculous squeaky deeply ferocious muffled and anguished terrible and plaintive brief excruciating high-pitched unintelligible fierce, spectral quiet and pitiful solitary, hoarse distinctly whooping muffled nervous anguished, animal hoarse, pained intermittent pitiable oldest craven blurry far-off terrible mournful hurt-animal mangled, pathetic occasional ecstatic hoarse and drawn-out silvery mental low, flatulent full discordant pitiful, spine-chilling simultaneous and fierce appropriate heart-rending glad, unselfish deep, recurrent hoarse, glad sharp terrible unceasing and eternal sudden, glad continuous plaintive sudden fearless deep and frenzied frightful and unanimous wild, voiceless weak and piteous pert sharp silent, agonizing hoarse, horrible frail, reedy fearful agonizing monotonous, nasal tense, little peculiar, hoarse heart-rending, pitiful peculiar, shrill later shrill low, terror-stricken sudden, voiceless little overwrought ceaseless and sorrowful loud piteous short raucous plaintive, persistent next penetrating passionate revolutionary slight hoarse urgent and thrilling inarticulate, animal-like golden long mighty, thrilling low glad wild and anguished small and human wild rasping low heart-rending middle-class political brief, irrepressible despairing and pitiful feeble but mournful low shrill open and loud far weird loud, pitiful long, universal simplest and most unanswerable faint joyful shrill, despairing loud and horrible normal robust feeble, distant equally lone low, irrepressible

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Words to Describe crying

As you've probably noticed, adjectives for "crying" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this website, the top 5 adjectives for "crying" are: faint incoherent, shrill weak, oddly chopped, huge, tumultuous, and sonorous and short. There are 995 other words to describe crying listed above. Hopefully the above generated list of words to describe crying suits your needs.

If you're getting strange results, it may be that your query isn't quite in the right format. The search box should be a simple word or phrase, like "tiger" or "blue eyes". A search for words to describe "people who have blue eyes" will likely return zero results. So if you're not getting ideal results, check that your search term, "crying" isn't confusing the engine in this manner.

Note also that if there aren't many crying adjectives, or if there are none at all, it could be that your search term has an abiguous part-of-speech. For example, the word "blue" can be an noun and an adjective. This confuses the engine and so you might not get many adjectives describing it. I may look into fixing this in the future. You might also be wondering: What type of word is crying?

Describing Words

The idea for the Describing Words engine came when I was building the engine for Related Words (it's like a thesaurus, but gives you a much broader set of related words, rather than just synonyms). While playing around with word vectors and the "HasProperty" API of conceptnet, I had a bit of fun trying to get the adjectives which commonly describe a word. Eventually I realised that there's a much better way of doing this: parse books!

Project Gutenberg was the initial corpus, but the parser got greedier and greedier and I ended up feeding it somewhere around 100 gigabytes of text files - mostly fiction, including many contemporary works. The parser simply looks through each book and pulls out the various descriptions of nouns.

Hopefully it's more than just a novelty and some people will actually find it useful for their writing and brainstorming, but one neat little thing to try is to compare two nouns which are similar, but different in some significant way - for example, gender is interesting: "woman" versus "man" and "boy" versus "girl". On an inital quick analysis it seems that authors of fiction are at least 4x more likely to describe women (as opposed to men) with beauty-related terms (regarding their weight, features and general attractiveness). In fact, "beautiful" is possibly the most widely used adjective for women in all of the world's literature, which is quite in line with the general unidimensional representation of women in many other media forms. If anyone wants to do further research into this, let me know and I can give you a lot more data (for example, there are about 25000 different entries for "woman" - too many to show here).

The blueness of the results represents their relative frequency. You can hover over an item for a second and the frequency score should pop up. The "uniqueness" sorting is default, and thanks to my Complicated Algorithm™, it orders them by the adjectives' uniqueness to that particular noun relative to other nouns (it's actually pretty simple). As you'd expect, you can click the "Sort By Usage Frequency" button to adjectives by their usage frequency for that noun.

Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source mongodb which was used in this project.

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