Cry and Delight

Opposite meaning words

Cry verb - To shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress.

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Delight is an antonym for cry in weep and make sad sounds topic.

Nearby Words: crying, cried

Delight verb - To feel or express joy or triumph.

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Cry is an antonym for delight.

pure	pure cry	pure delight
particular	particular cry	particular delight
true	true cry	true delight
disturbing	disturbing cry	disturbing delight
Other adjectives: obvious, small, real, great, new.

cry blood

delight blood

But, as one character points "those who are unable to cry are unable to sincerely laugh neither", so the plot has a real delight in doing all kind of very awful things, even to ludicrous levels, just to see if she ever breaks.

Source: Unable to Cry
Bernkastel from Umineko: When They Cry is a Troll comparable to Terumi in terms of cruelty (and if Umineko were more widespread would equal or even surpass him in notoriety) that takes absolute delight in the despair she sows.

Source: Hope Crusher

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