Definition of
crying has definitions from the field of biology
1
[ adjective ] noisy with or as if with loud cries and shouts

Synonyms

yelling howling shouting

Examples

"a crying mass of rioters" "a howling wind" "shouting fans" "the yelling fiend"

Related terms

noisy

2
[ adjective ] conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

Synonyms

glaring flagrant gross rank egregious

Examples

"a crying shame" "an egregious lie" "flagrant violation of human rights" "a glaring error" "gross ineptitude" "gross injustice" "rank treachery"

Related terms

conspicuous

3
[ adjective ] demanding attention

Synonyms

insistent exigent instant clamant

Examples

"clamant needs" "a crying need" "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken "insistent hunger" "an instant need"

Related terms

imperative

4
[ noun ] (biology) the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)

Synonyms

tears weeping

Examples

"I hate to hear the crying of a child" "she was in tears"

Related terms

bodily_process sob snivel wailing sobbing cry

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Rhymes with

trying frying prying tying tieing dyeing lying buying dying spying flying terrifying verifying purifying electrifying clarifying horrifying undying highflying underlying overlying occupying supplying fortifying complying outlying edifying exemplifying disqualifying falsifying mystifying notifying identifying intensifying solidifying specifying gratifying qualifying satisfying unifying unsatisfying

Phonetic and Homophones

K R AY1 IH0 NG

Similar Spelling

cringe crowing cringle cringing Crangon cronyism crimson

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