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crying en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɹaɪ̯.ɪŋ/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From cry + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) That cries.
    • The crying child on the street was evidently lost.
  2. (not-comparable) That demands action or attention; desperate.
    • There is a crying need for more manual workers in this country.
  3. (not-comparable) That deserves rebuke or censure; deplorable.
    • It is a crying shame that he managed to get away with that!

Antonyms

untearful · uncrying · unweeping · cheering · smiling · laughing

Deriveds

uncrying · cryingly · asymmetric crying facies

Hypernyms

sad

Hyponyms

blubbery · red-rimmed · begrutten · moaning · plaintful · gasping

Synonyms

in tears · sobbing · sobbing · tearful · weeping · in tears · crying · sobful · weeping

Translations (3)

ar بَاكٍ (that cries) · ta அழும் (that cries) · ru пла́чущий (that cries)

crying en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɹaɪ̯.ɪŋ/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From cry + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act of one who cries; a weeping or shouting.
    • […] their breathings, cryings, and excretings would have been damaged […] 1848, The New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal:
    • Their constant cryings kept us awake!

Forms

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cryings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

crying room

Translations (39)

pt choro (action of the verb cry) · de Weinen (action of the verb cry) · fi itkeminen (action of the verb cry) · uk плач (action of the verb cry) · bg плач (action of the verb cry) · it pianto (action of the verb cry) · nb gråt (action of the verb cry) · nn gråt (action of the verb cry) · got 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐍄𐍃 (action of the verb cry) · ks وَدُن (action of the verb cry) · id tangisan (action of the verb cry) · mk плач (action of the verb cry) · ca plor (action of the verb cry) · ota آغلامه (action of the verb cry) · tr ağlama (action of the verb cry) · grc κλαυθμός (action of the verb cry) · pl płacz (action of the verb cry) · ms tangisan (action of the verb cry) · oc plor (action of the verb cry) · es llanto (action of the verb cry) · kea txore (action of the verb cry) · kea txoru (action of the verb cry) · sv gråt (action of the verb cry) · sk plač (action of the verb cry) · be плач (action of the verb cry) · hu sírás (action of the verb cry) · la flētus (action of the verb cry) · cs pláč (action of the verb cry) · ar بُكَاء (action of the verb cry) · sl jok (action of the verb cry) · nl huilen (action of the verb cry) · da gråd (action of the verb cry) · sh пла̏ч (action of the verb cry) · fr pleur (action of the verb cry) · cu плачь (action of the verb cry) · ru плач (action of the verb cry) · sh plȁč (action of the verb cry) · ta அழுகை (action of the verb cry) · ml കരച്ചിൽ (action of the verb cry)

crying en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɹaɪ̯.ɪŋ/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From cry + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of cry
    form of cry

Translations (1)

kix tàng (to stop crying)