What is the Crying Cat meme?
Crying Cat (also known as Sad Cat or Teary Cat) is a photoshopped image of a white cat with enormous, exaggerated tears streaming down its face. It expresses mock devastation, emotional overwhelm, or relatable sadness - usually in an over-the-top, humorous way.
How the joke works: Use the sole box to name the tiny, relatable trigger that supposedly caused the cat’s enormous tears.
Where it comes from
The image is an edited photo of a white cat with digitally enlarged, cartoonish tears added beneath its eyes. It emerged from the broader sad-animal meme ecosystem on Reddit and Twitter around 2019, alongside other teary-eyed cat and dog reaction images.
Users quickly adopted Crying Cat for situations that call for performative grief - bad news that is not actually tragic, nostalgia hits, or self-pity over minor inconveniences. The absurd scale of the tears makes even mundane captions feel comedically melodramatic, which is why it remains a staple sad reaction image.
When to use it
- Reacting to mildly disappointing news with exaggerated sadness
- Expressing mock heartbreak over a canceled show or event
- Self-pity humor about a small personal failure
- Showing emotional damage from an embarrassing social moment
- Nostalgic posts mourning something from childhood
How to make a Crying Cat meme
- 1Type your captionsFill in Why You're Crying. You can also tap the meme and type right on it.
- 2Pick a styleKeep the original look or switch to Impact, dark text, or subtitles. Add more text if the joke needs it.
- 3Generate and downloadHit Generate meme, then save a PNG or JPG, or copy it straight into a chat.
