crying meaning and definition

CRYING noun

Definition of crying (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"
   • synonyms: tears, weeping

CRYING adjective

Definition of crying (adjective)

1. demanding attention
   • "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need"
   • synonyms: clamant, exigent, insistent, instant
2. 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"
   • synonyms: egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank