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English adjective: crying | |||
| 1. | crying demanding attention | ||
| Samples | Clamant needs. A crying need. Regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous. Insistent hunger. An instant need. | ||
| Synonyms | clamant, exigent, insistent, instant | ||
| Similar | imperative | ||
| Antonyms | beseeching, imploring, pleading | ||
| 2. | crying conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible | ||
| Samples | 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 | ||
| Similar | conspicuous | ||
| Antonyms | inconspicuous, invisible | ||
English noun: crying | |||
| 1. | crying (act) the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds) | ||
| Samples | I hate to hear the crying of a child. She was in tears. | ||
| Synonyms | tears, weeping | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bawling, snivel, sniveling, sob, sobbing, wailing | ||
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