Ways of crying

WAYS OF CRYING

• cry: produce tears from your eyes, usually because you are unhappy or hurt.
  Please stop crying, Paul!
• burst into tears: suddenly start crying.
  When her boyfriend told her the truth, she burst into tears and ran out.
• break down in tears: suddenly cry a lot, after trying not to cry.
  After reading his letter, she broke down in tears.
• be close to tears/on the verge of tears: be about to cry.
  When she heard his voice on the phone, she was close to tears.
• have tears in one's eyes: be about to cry.
  When I said goodbye, I had tears in my eyes.
• shed tears: cry.
  I must admit I shed a few tears when the school closed.
• be in tears: be crying.
  The children were all in tears when our dog disappeared.
• be in floods of tears: (UK) cry a lot.
  The children were in floods of tears when our dog disappeared.
• be moved to tears: be so upset that you start to cry.
  A lot of people were moved to tears by his story.
• weep: cry a lot for a long time.
  The kids wept bitterly when it was time to leave.
• cry one's eyes/heart out: be extremely sad and cry a lot.
  After the robbery, she cried her heart out.
• bawl: (a baby) cry very loudly.
  We could hear the baby bawling upstairs.
• sob: cry noisily, with sudden noisy breaths.
  He began sobbing uncontrollably.
• your eyes water: you start to cry, especially because there is a lot of smoke or because you have been cutting up onions.
  There was so much smoke in that room that my eyes were watering.