crying

English

Etymology

cry +‎ -ing

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɹaɪ̯.ɪŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -aɪɪŋ

Adjective

crying (not comparable)

  1. That cries.
    The crying child on the street was evidently lost.
  2. That demands action or attention.
    There is a crying need for more manual workers in this country.
  3. That deserves rebuke or censure.
    It is a crying shame that he managed to get away with that!

Translations

Noun

crying (countable and uncountable, plural cryings)

  1. 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

Verb

crying

  1. present participle and gerund of cry

Anagrams
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