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Webster 1913 Edition
Crying
Cry′ing
,Adj.
Calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous;
as, a
. crying
evilToo much fondness for meditative retirement is not the
crying
sin of our modern Christianity. I. Taylor.
Webster 1828 Edition
Crying
CRYING
,ppr.
CRYING
,Adj.
CRYING
,Noun.
Definition 2024
crying
crying
English
Adjective
crying (not comparable)
- 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!
Noun
crying (countable and uncountable, plural cryings)
- Action of the verb cry.
- Their constant cryings kept us awake!
Verb
crying
- present participle of cry