About The Word Crying

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Crying

Crying Meaning & Definition
Crying Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Crying?

[n] the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds); "I hate to hear the crying of a child"; "she was in tears"
[adj] demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need"
[adj] noisy with or as if with loud cries and shouts; "a crying mass of rioters"; "a howling wind"; "shouting fans"; "the yelling fiend"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Crying: clamant | exigent | howling | imperative | insistent | instant | noisy | shouting | tears | weeping | yelling

Related Terms | Find terms related to Crying: 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

See Also | activity | bawling | bodily function | bodily process | body process | snivel | sniveling | sob | sobbing | wailing

Crying In Webster's Dictionary

\Cry"ing\, a. Calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous; as, a crying evil. Too much fondness for meditative retirement is not the crying sin of our modern Christianity. --I. Taylor.

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