ugly cry

intransitive slang

(slang, intransitive) To weep to the extent that one's face contorts.

Japanese Meaning

顔が歪むほど激しく泣くこと。泣く際に表情が極端に変形する様子を指す俗語的な言い回し。

When she watched the final scene, she started to ugly cry in the theater.

最後の場面を見て、彼女は劇場で顔をくしゃくしゃにして号泣した。

Sense（1）

(slang, intransitive) To weep to the extent that one's face contorts.

[…] and then she grabbed onto his shirt and and cried, he held her and tried to calm her, but knew that she just needed to ugly cry, for a while.

ugly cries

（ present singular third-person ）

ugly crying

（ participle present ）

ugly cried

（ participle past ）

ugly cried

（ past ）