Cry
Kick
Kick verb - To express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely.
Usage example: he's been kicking all week about not getting the promotion
Cry and kick are semantically related in passion topic. Sometimes you can use "Cry" instead the word "Kick" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as rage.
How words are described
| old | old cry | old kick |
| good | good cry | good kick |
| full | full cry | full kick |
| long | long cry | long kick |
| Other adjectives: particular, standard, single, small, real, big, little, infamous, cute, famous, new, final, last, aforementioned. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Kick the Dog: Johnson at one point yells at Ladybird to the point where she runs off to cry in the bathroom.
Source: Theatre / All The Way - The guitars do kick in about half way through, but it's still a far cry from the last 50 minutes of apocalyptic doom.
Source: Music / Subrosa -
Kick the Dog/Mood Whiplash: After a boy's (scripted) sad story doesn't make the pagan women cry, Dongalor orders that the boy to be thrown off a bridge, and for his dog to be used as a mop.
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