crying

cry·ing  (krng)

adj.

1. Demanding or requiring action or attention: a crying need.

2. Abominable; reprehensible: a crying shame.

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crying

Adjective

a crying shame something that demands immediate attention

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crying - 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" tears, weeping 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.	1.	crying - demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" exigent, insistent, clamant, instant imperative - requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative"
	2.	crying - 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" egregious, flagrant, glaring, rank, gross conspicuous - obvious to the eye or mind; "a tower conspicuous at a great distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening"

Translations

crying [ˈkraɪɪŋ] adj (fig) → criant(e) → flagrant(e)

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crying [ˈkraɪɪŋ] cry adj (fig) (need) → dringend;

it's a crying shame cry → es ist ein Jammer

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crying [ˈkraɪɪŋ] adj (fig) → palese; urgente