crying
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Etymology edit
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Adjective edit
crying (not comparable)
- That cries.
- The crying child on the street was evidently lost.
- That demands action or attention.
- There is a crying need for more manual workers in this country.
- That deserves rebuke or censure.
- It is a crying shame that he managed to get away with that!
Translations edit
that demands action or attention
that deserves rebuke or censure
Noun edit
crying (countable and uncountable, plural cryings)
- The act of one who cries; a weeping or shouting.
- Their constant cryings kept us awake!
- 1848, The New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal:
- […] their breathings, cryings, and excretings would have been damaged […]
Translations edit
action of the verb cry
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Verb edit
crying
- present participle and gerund of cry