Dry cry

When you get all the usual initial feelings of crying. You get the muscle spasms etc. And it feels just like crying. Though no tears appear and then ends abruptly. Its absolutely real then disappears.

I was upset. But just had a dry cry. Perhaps the emotions are buried deep inside.

by Bootnory March 31, 2018

Dry cry

Crying without tears. Usually fake.

"Did you see Jordin Sparks when she won American Idol? She totally did the dry cry."

by jacque b. May 24, 2007

dry crying

When you've cried so much all the tears are gone

I cried all day. At the end of the day I was just dry crying.

by Broken_apart February 24, 2014