uncrying

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ crying.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪɪŋ

Adjective

uncrying (not comparable)

1. Not crying; without tears.
   • 1944, Emily Carr, “A Visitor”, in The House of All Sorts‎:

     Lots of people had loved her; they came to put flowers near and to say goodbye. They came out of her room with quiet, uncrying eyes, stood a moment by the fire in the studio, looking deep into it, and then they went away.

   • 1987, Colin Thubron, chapter 3, in Behind the Wall: A Journey through China, London: Vintage, published 2001, page 72:

     […] the pair of babies stood up to stare about them with the impassive, uncrying gaze of patriarchs.