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Definitions for Crying

[1] demanding attention or remedy; critical; severe: a crying evil.
[2] reprehensible; odious; notorious: a crying shame.
[3] to utter inarticulate sounds, especially of lamentation, grief, or suffering, usually with tears.
[4] to weep; shed tears, with or without sound.
[5] to call loudly; shout; yell (sometimes followed by out ).
[6] to demand resolution or strongly indicate a particular disposition: The rise in crime cried out for greater police protection.
[7] to give forth vocal sounds or characteristic calls, as animals; yelp; bark.
[8] (of a hound or pack) to bay continuously and excitedly in following a scent.
[9] (of tin) to make a noise, when bent, like the crumpling of paper.
[10] to utter or pronounce loudly; call out.
[11] to announce publicly as for sale; advertise: to cry one's wares.
[12] to beg or plead for; implore: to cry mercy.
[13] to bring (oneself) to a specified state by weeping: The infant cried itself to sleep.
[14] the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
[15] clamor; outcry.
[16] a fit of weeping: to have a good cry.
[17] the utterance or call of an animal.
[18] a political or party slogan.
[19] battle cry.
[20] an oral proclamation or announcement.
[21] a call of wares for sale, services available, etc., as by a street vendor.
[22] public report.
[23] an opinion generally expressed.
[24] an entreaty; appeal.
[25] Fox Hunting . a pack of hounds. a continuous baying of a hound or a pack in following a scent.
[26] cry down , to disparage; belittle: Those people cry down everyone who differs from them.
[27] cry off , to break a promise, agreement, etc.: We made arrangements to purchase a house, but the owner cried off at the last minute.
[28] cry up , to praise; extol: to cry up one's profession.
[29] (prenominal) notorious; lamentable (esp in the phrase crying shame )
[30] (intr) to utter inarticulate sounds, esp when weeping; sob
[31] (intr) to shed tears; weep
[32] (intr usually foll by out ) to scream or shout in pain, terror, etc
[33] (tr often foll by out ) to utter or shout (words of appeal, exclamation, fear, etc)
[34] (intr often foll by out ) (of animals, birds, etc) to utter loud characteristic sounds
[35] (tr) to hawk or sell by public announcement to cry newspapers
[36] to announce (something) publicly or in the streets
[37] (intr foll by for ) to clamour or beg
[38] Scot to call
[39] cry for the moon to desire the unattainable
[40] cry one's eyes out or cry one's heart out to weep bitterly
[41] cry quits or cry mercy to give up a task, fight, etc
[42] the act or sound of crying; a shout, exclamation, scream, or wail
[43] the characteristic utterance of an animal or bird the cry of gulls
[44] Scot a call
[45] archaic an oral announcement, esp one made by town criers
[46] a fit of weeping
[47] hunting the baying of a pack of hounds hunting their quarry by scent
[48] a pack of hounds
[49] a far cry a long way something very different
[50] in full cry (esp of a pack of hounds) in hot pursuit of a quarry

Words related to Crying

sobbing, mourning, pressing, compelling, tearful, critical, crucial, severe, urgent

Words nearby Crying

cryalgesia, cryanesthesia, crybaby, crybully, cryesthesia, crying, crying shame, a, crying towel, crymo-, crymodynia, crymophilic

Origin of Crying

1175–1225; (v.) Middle English crien < Anglo-French, Old French crier < Vulgar Latin *crītāre for Latin quirītāre to cry out in protest, make a public cry; associated by folk etymology with Quirītēs Quirites; (noun) < Anglo-French, Old French cri, noun derivative of the v.

Other words from Crying

cry·ing·ly , adverb
un·cry·ing , adjective
coun·ter·cry , noun, plural coun·ter·cries.

Word origin for Crying

C13: from Old French crier, from Latin quirītāre to call for help

Synonyms for Crying

mourning, sobbing, sorrowing, tearful