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crying

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cry·ing  (krng)
adj.
1. Demanding or requiring action or attention: a crying need.
2. Abominable; reprehensible: a crying shame.

crying [ˈkraɪɪŋ]
adj
(prenominal) notorious; lamentable (esp in the phrase crying shame)

Crying 

See Also: GROANS AND WHISPERS, SCREAMS

  1. Bawling like sick monkeys —Henry Miller
  2. Cried naggingly, half-heartedly, like the grinding of a non-starting engine that has drained its battery —John Updike
  3. Cries out like an Arab, high wails like a dog or human in terrible pain. It rises and falls like sirens going by —Robert Campbell
  4. Cry, hopelessly and passively, like a child in a dentist’s waiting room —William Faulkner
  5. Cry like a rain-water spout in a shower —Charles Dickens
  6. Crying … muffled, like faraway nighttime waves —Z. Vance Wilson
  7. Crying out like an abandoned infant —T. Coraghessan Boyle
  8. (Gave a) cry like a startled sea gull —Oscar Wilde
  9. Her eyes [when she wept] were like syphon bottles under pressure —Erich Maria Remarque
  10. Her sob broke like a bubble on a pink geranium —John Malcolm Brinnin

    See Also: DISINTEGRATION

  11. Kept on crying … like persistent rain —Elizabeth Spencer
  12. Like a waterpot I weep —A Broken-Hearted Gardener, anonymous nineteenth century verse
  13. A sad crying, like the birds going south for the winter to come —Ray Bradbury
  14. The shrill cry of the new-born … like the sound of the blade of a skate on ice —Angela Carter
  15. Sobbed … like an abandoned child —Maurice Hewlett
  16. A sob broke the surface like a bubble of air from the bottom of a pond —Sue Grafton
  17. Sobs … died off softly, like the intermittent drops that end a day of rain —Edith Wharton
  18. Sobs laboring like stones from her heaving breast —James Crumley
  19. Sobs rippled like convulsions through her slim body —James Crumley
  20. Thin cry [of a bluebird] like a needle piercing the ear —Theodore Roethke
  21. Wailed like an uneasy animal in pain —Kenneth Grahame
  22. Weeping like a calf —Francois Maspero
  23. Weeping raw as an open sausage —A. D. Winans
  24. Wept like a fountain —Erich Maria Remarque
  25. Wept like a gutter on a rainy day —Guy de Maupassant
  26. Wept like a woman deceived and forsaken by a lover —George Garrett
  27. Whimpers like a hurt dog —Robin McCorquodale
  28. Whine, as unctuous as old bacon grease —James Crumley
  29. (The twangy voice was beginning to) whine like a loosening guitar string —François Camoin
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.crying - the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)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"
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"
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"
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]
A. ADJ [child] → que llora; (= whining) → llorón [need] → urgente
it's a crying shame (= pity) → es una verdadera lástima; (= outrage) → es una auténtica vergüenza
B. N (= weeping) → llanto m; (= sobbing) → lloriqueo m
crying [ˈkraɪɪŋ]
adj
[baby] → qui pleure
(as intensifier) a crying need for sth → un grand besoin de qch
it's a crying shame → c'est vraiment dommage
n
(= weeping) → pleurs mpl
for crying out loud! → bon sang!
crying
adj (fig: = outrageous) injusticeschreiend; needdringend; it is a crying shamees ist jammerschade or ein Jammer
n (= weeping)Weinen nt; (of baby)Schreien nt
crying [ˈkraɪɪŋ]
1. adj (child) → in lacrime, piangente (fam) (need) → disperato/a, urgente; (injustice) → palese
it's a crying shame → è una vera vergogna
2. n (weeping) → pianto


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