crying

/'kraiiɳ/
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crying

A child is crying because she dropped her ice cream.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible: Used to describe something that is a glaringly obvious and shocking example of a negative quality, such as injustice or error.
    • Demanding attention; urgent: Used to describe a need or issue that is so pressing it cannot be ignored.

  2. Noun:

    • The act of shedding tears: The process of producing tears from the eyes, typically accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds, as an expression of emotion.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • It is a crying shame that such talent goes unrecognized.
    • There is a crying need for affordable housing in this city.
  • Noun:
    • The constant crying of the baby kept the neighbors awake.
    • She could hear the sound of crying coming from the next room.
Advanced Usage
  • "a crying shame": An idiom used to emphasize that something is a particularly regrettable or unfortunate situation.
    • It's a crying shame that the old theater was demolished.
  • "a crying need": A phrase used to describe an extremely urgent and obvious requirement.
    • There is a crying need for better public transportation here.
Variants and Related Words
  • Cry (verb): To shed tears; to shout or call out loudly.
    • The child began to cry.
  • Crybaby (noun, informal): A person, often a child, who cries frequently or with little cause.
  • Cry out (phrasal verb): To shout or exclaim loudly, often in pain, fear, or protest.
Synonyms
  • Adjective (for 'bad/reprehensible'): Egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank.
  • Adjective (for 'urgent'): Clamant, exigent, insistent, pressing, instant.
  • Noun: Weeping, sobbing, wailing, bawling.
Related Phrases and Idioms
  • For crying out loud: An exclamation of frustration, annoyance, or impatience.
    • For crying out loud, will you please be quiet!
  • A far cry from: Very different from something.
    • This modern apartment is a far cry from his old cottage.
crying

A child is crying because she dropped her ice cream.

Adjective
  1. 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
  2. demanding attention
    • clamant needs
    • a crying need
    • regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous- H.L.Mencken
    • insistent hunger
    • an instant need
Noun
  1. 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

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