2017年4月13日 · Every human has his own ways of expressing pain. Levels of crying vary with sex and age. A man's cry is different from a woman's. Similarly, a toddler's cry differs from an adolescent's. More importantly, however, there are no current studies or research about the different levels of crying.

2015年6月24日 · cry noisily and uncontrollably; sob. For example, "He was blubbering like a kid" Bawl. to cry out loudly and unrestrainedly. Caterwaul. to make a harsh cry (like a cat in heat). Source: Oxford Dictionaries. Sniff sniff. This in fact is not a spoken word so much as a sound.

2015年6月10日 · Really the most common way to describe when you're experiencing this feeling is to simply say "I'm going to cry", or "I'm about to cry", or even "I could cry". The single word solutions in other answers are technically correct, but I've never heard any of them used in conversation, just in literary narrative.

2016年1月19日 · Her mouth puckered, and she started to cry., His face puckered, and he was ready to cry, and Her mouth puckered and I thought she was going to cry. All three examples are taken from three separate dictionary entries. Are you really sure that OED never mentions crying with "pucker". I don't have a subscription, so I cannot check. –

A unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word; e.g., there are two syllables in water and three in inferno. According to the above definition, cry does have 2 vowel sounds, so the number of syllables should be 2.

@TsSkTo: In some languages, it doesn't depend on the context. You just use affixes to change the word from "to cry" to "to make someone cry". Also, in English, you can still use "made me cry" for all those emotions. You just have to include the context around it. –

2014年11月28日 · One common phrase is "If I didn't laugh, I would cry", but I'm not sure it's completely applicable to the emotion you're describing. – Dan Bron Commented Nov 28, 2014 at 13:06

2016年9月4日 · One-word possibilities include weeper for a person who weeps, crier for a person who cries, and bawler for a person who bawls; see Merriam-Webster. These words do not always convey weeps, cries, or bawls "easily", but I've heard crier and weeper used in that context.

2013年11月11日 · The very first word is the one from which our modern one in English ultimately derives: Lacrimosa dies illa Qua resurget ex favilla Judicandus homo reus. Huic ergo parce, Deus: Pie Jesu Domine, Dona eis requiem. Amen.

I thought the same thing, that it mainly meant crying along with the breath-catching thing...until I read the 1a definition, which seemed to indicate the noise is the main thing, but other definitions are more about crying. In any case, though, there is no specific word for making that sound without weeping first (or during). –