| crying | | |
| n. (act) | 1. crying, tears, weeping | the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds).; "I hate to hear the crying of a child"; "she was in tears" |
| ~ snivel, sniveling | whining in a tearful manner. |
| ~ sobbing, sob | convulsive gasp made while weeping. |
| ~ bawling, wailing | loud cries made while weeping. |
| ~ bodily function, bodily process, body process, activity | an organic process that takes place in the body.; "respiratory activity" |
| adj. | 2. clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant | demanding attention.; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" |
| ~ imperative | requiring attention or action.; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative" |
| adj. | 3. crying, egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank | conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible.; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery" |
| ~ conspicuous | obvious to the eye or mind.; "a tower conspicuous at a great distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening" |
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