crying

adj, noun — 4 senses

crying

adj

/ˈkɹaɪ̯.ɪŋ/

Etymology From cry + -ing.

1

That cries.

The crying child on the street was evidently lost.

2

That demands action or attention; desperate.

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

3

That deserves rebuke or censure; deplorable.

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

Synonyms: crying, in tears, sobbing, sobful, tearful, weeping
Antonyms: cheering, laughing, smiling, uncrying, untearful, unweeping
Derived terms: asymmetric crying facies, cryingly, uncrying
Hypernyms: sad
Hyponyms: begrutten, blubbery, gasping, moaning, plaintful, red-rimmed

crying

noun

Etymology From cry + -ing.

1

The act of one who cries; a weeping or shouting.

Their constant cryings kept us awake!
[…] their breathings, cryings, and excretings would have been damaged […]1848, The New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal:

Derived terms: crying room

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