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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

ugly cry en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, slang) To weep to the extent that one's face contorts.
    • And if I'm in line at the grocery store, I don't want to ugly cry. So in situations like that, I avoid my friends. I will try to breeze past them in the frozen food aisle. 2019, Melissa Maimone, The Radiant Midnight, page 60:
    • […] and then she grabbed onto his shirt and cried, he held her and tried to calm her, but knew that she just needed to ugly cry, for a while. 2019, M. L. Aiken, Lucky Beginnings: Blue Moon Valley: The story of Tom and Maggie:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ugly cries Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
ugly crying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ugly cried Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ugly cried Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

ugly crier

Relateds

begrutten