Crying

English

Adjective

Crying (not comparable)

1. That demands action or attention.

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

2. That deserves rebuke or censure.

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

Noun

Crying (plural Cryings)

1. Action of the verb to cry.

   Their constant cryings kept us awake!

Verb

Crying

1. Present participle of cry.

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Adjectives

harsh; endless; irrational; awkward; bitter; remorseful; stormy; furious.

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

Etymology

cry

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɹaɪ̯.ɪŋ/

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Anagrams

• cringy