Definitions for crying

Definitions for (noun) crying

Main entry: tears, weeping, crying

Definition: the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)

Usage: I hate to hear the crying of a child; she was in tears


Definitions for (adj) crying

Main entry: flagrant, rank, egregious, crying, glaring, gross

Definition: conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

Usage: a crying shame; an egregious lie; flagrant violation of human rights; a glaring error; gross ineptitude; gross injustice; rank treachery


Main entry: insistent, instant, clamant, crying, exigent

Definition: demanding attention

Usage: clamant needs; a crying need; regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous- H.L.Mencken; insistent hunger; an instant need


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