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 [ˈkraɪɪŋ]

adj

(prenominal) notorious; lamentable (esp in the phrase crying shame)

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]

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) injustice → schreiend; need → dringend; it is a crying shame → es 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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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