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Meaning of ugly cry | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To weep to the extent that one's face contorts.

intransitive, slang

Examples

“[…] 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.”
“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

ugly crying ugly up uglying uglying up ugs Ukrainianised

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