crying — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. That cries.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Synonyms

   in tearssobbingweeping

   Examples

   The crying child on the street was evidently lost.

2. That demands action or attention; desperate.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

   There is a crying need for more manual workers in this country.

3. That deserves rebuke or censure; deplorable.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

   It is a crying shame that he managed to get away with that!

Noun

1. The act of one who cries; a weeping or shouting.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   Their constant cryings kept us awake!

   […] their breathings, cryings, and excretings would have been damaged […]

Adjective

1. demanding attention

   Synonyms

   clamantexigentinsistentinstant

   Examples

   clamant needs

   a crying need

   More examples (2)

   insistent hunger

   an instant need

2. conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

   Synonyms

   egregiousflagrantglaringgrossrank

   Examples

   a crying shame

   an egregious lie

   More examples (5)

   flagrant violation of human rights

   a glaring error

   gross ineptitude

   gross injustice

   rank treachery

Noun

1. the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)

   Synonyms

   weepingtears

   Broader terms

   bodily processbody processbodily functionactivity

   Examples

   I hate to hear the crying of a child

   she was in tears