'Crying' definitions:
Definition of 'crying'
From: WordNet
adjective
Demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" [syn: clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant]
adjective
Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery" [syn: crying(a), egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank]
noun
Definition of 'Crying'
From: GCIDE
- Cry \Cry\ (kr[imac]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cried (kr[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Crying.] [F. crier, cf. L. quiritare to raise a plaintive cry, scream, shriek, perh. fr. queri to complain; cf. Skr. cvas to pant, hiss, sigh. Cf. Quarrel a brawl, Querulous.]
- 1. To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore. [1913 Webster]
- And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice. -- Matt. xxvii. 46. [1913 Webster]
- Clapping their hands, and crying with loud voice. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto thee. -- Ps. xxviii. 2. [1913 Webster]
- The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord. --Is. xl. 3. [1913 Webster]
- Some cried after him to return. --Bunyan. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child. [1913 Webster]
- Ye shall cry for sorrow of heart. --Is. lxv. 14. [1913 Webster]
- I could find it in my heart to disgrace my man's apparel and to cry like a woman. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals. [1913 Webster]
- The young ravens which cry. --Ps. cxlvii. 9. [1913 Webster]
- In a cowslip's bell I lie There I couch when owls do cry. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To cry on or To cry upon, to call upon the name of; to beseech. "No longer on Saint Denis will we cry." --Shak.
- To cry out. (a) To exclaim; to vociferate; to scream; to clamor. (b) To complain loudly; to lament.
- To cry out against, to complain loudly of; to censure; to blame.
- To cry out on or To cry out upon, to denounce; to censure. "Cries out upon abuses." --Shak.
- To cry to, to call on in prayer; to implore.
- To cry you mercy, to beg your pardon. "I cry you mercy, madam; was it you?" --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Crying'
From: GCIDE
- Crying \Cry"ing\, a. Calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous; as, a crying evil. [1913 Webster]
- Too much fondness for meditative retirement is not the crying sin of our modern Christianity. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'crying'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acute,
- atrocious,
- bawling,
- blatant,
- blubbering,
- boanergean,
- brawling,
- burning,
- clamant,
- clamorous,
- clamoursome,
- compelling,
- critical,
- crucial,
- cry,
- demanding,
- desperate,
- dire,
- dissolved in tears,
- draining,
- exacting,
- exigent,
- exorbitant,
- extortionate,
- fit of crying,
- flood of tears,
- good cry,
- grasping,
- greet,
- heinous,
- high-pressure,
- high-priority,
- howling,
- imperative,
- imperious,
- importunate,
- in tears,
- insistent,
- instant,
- lachryma,
- lachrymal,
- lachrymose,
- lachrymosity,
- lacrimatory,
- loud,
- loudmouthed,
- lowing,
- melting mood,
- monstrous,
- mugient,
- necessary,
- needed,
- noisy,
- obstreperous,
- openmouthed,
- overflowing eyes,
- persistent,
- pertinacious,
- pivotal,
- pressing,
- puling,
- ready to cry,
- scandalous,
- screaming,
- shocking,
- shouting,
- sniveling,
- sobbing,
- taxing,
- tear,
- tear bottle,
- teardrop,
- tearful,
- tearful eyes,
- tearfulness,
- tears,
- teary,
- ululant,
- urgent,
- vociferant,
- vociferating,
- vociferous,
- wailing,
- weepiness,
- weeping,
- weepy,
- whimpering,
- whining,
- with eyes suffused,
- yammering,
- yapping,
- yelling,
- yelping
Words containing 'Crying'
- Cried,
- Cries,
- Cry,
- To cry down,
- To cry on,
- To cry out,
- To cry out against,
- To cry out on,
- To cry to,
- To cry up,
- cri,
- cry for,
- cry out,
- cry out for,
- A far cry,
- Crying hare,
- Full cry,
- Hue and cry,
- Tin cry,
- To cry aim,
- To cry cupboard,
- To cry halves,
- To cry out upon,
- To cry quits,
- To cry upon,
- To cry you mercy,
- War cry,
- battle cry,
- cry havoc,
- crying bird,
- far cry,
- rallying cry,
- cry-baby tree