5
grieve(verb, desire, sorrow, want, cry)
5
mourn(verb, sorrow, cry, fuss, complain)
4
bemoan(verb, desire, sorrow, want, cry)
4
bewail(verb, desire, sorrow, want, cry)
4
break down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cry, complain)
4
murmur(noun, verb, complain, grumble, moan)
4
mutter(verb, whine, groan, lamentation)
4
pipe(verb, sound, whistle, peep, lamentation)
4
plaint(noun, keen, cry, grief, lament)
4
squall(verb, cry, complain, fret, grieve)
4
choke
4
greet(verb, lamentation)
4
scream(verb, cry, howl, moan, weep)
4
villain
3
bastard
3
blub(verb, cry, complain, fret, thick)
3
breathlessness
3
agonize(verb, desire, sorrow, want, cry)
3
burst into tears(expression, idiom, cry, complain, fret)
3
burst out
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