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Webster 1913 Edition


Crying

Cry′ing

,
Adj.
Calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous;
as, a
crying
evil
.
Too much fondness for meditative retirement is not the
crying
sin of our modern Christianity.
I. Taylor.

Webster 1828 Edition


Crying

CRYING

,
ppr.
Uttering a loud voice; proclaiming; &c.

CRYING

,
Adj.
Notorious; common; great; as a crying sin or abuse.

CRYING

,
Noun.
Importunate call; clamor; outcry.

Definition 2024


crying

crying

English

Adjective

crying (not comparable)

  1. That demands action or attention.
    There is a crying need for more manual workers in this country.
  2. 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)

  1. Action of the verb cry.
    Their constant cryings kept us awake!

Verb

crying

  1. present participle of cry

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