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snivel collapse: whining in a tearful manner; cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!"; talk in a tearful manner

greet collapse: react to in a certain way; "The President was greeted with catcalls"; send greetings to; express greetings upon meeting someone; be perceived by; "Loud music greeted him when he entered the apartment"

tearful collapse: filled with or marked by tears; "tearful eyes"; "tearful entreaties"

crying collapse: the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds); "I hate to hear the crying of a child"; "she was in tears"; noisy with or as if with loud cries and shouts; "a crying mass of rioters"; "shouting fans"; "the yelling fiend"

grieve collapse: feel grief; eat one's heart out; cause to feel sorrow; "his behavior grieves his mother"

sob collapse: convulsive gasp made while weeping; weep convulsively; "He was sobbing inconsolably"

teardrop collapse: anything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring)

break down collapse: collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack; make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"; cause to fall or collapse; lose control of one's emotions; "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her baby died, she snapped"

blubber collapse: an insulating layer of fat under the skin of whales and other large marine mammals; used as a source of oil; utter while crying

embitter collapse: cause to be bitter or resentful; "These injustices embittered her even more"

bawl collapse: cry loudly; "Don't bawl in public!"; shout loudly and without restraint

endocrine collapse: of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions; "endocrine system"

hormone collapse: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect

gastric juice collapse: digestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase

semen collapse: the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

afflict collapse: cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed; cause pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"; "That debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement"; cause great unhappiness for; distress; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents"

Earth collapse: the abode of mortals (as contrasted with heaven or hell); "it was hell on earth"; the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world"; the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface; "they dug into the earth outside the church"; once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles); connect to the earth; "earth the circuit"; hide in the earth like a hunted animal

oppress collapse: come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"

cry collapse: a fit of weeping; "had a good cry"; a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"; a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate); "a cry of rage"; "a yell of pain"; the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries filled the night"; shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain; "She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death"; "The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs"; bring into a particular state by crying; "The little boy cried himself to sleep"; proclaim or announce in public; "before we had newspapers, a town crier would cry the news"; "He cried his merchandise in the market square"; utter a characteristic sound; "The cat was crying"; demand immediate action; "This situation is crying for attention"

sorrow collapse: an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement; "he tried to express his sorrow at her loss"; sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost him the game"

anguish collapse: extreme mental distress; extreme distress of body or mind; suffer great pains or distress

biosphere collapse: the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist

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