crying

crying

English

Etymology

cry +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹaɪ̯.ɪŋ/

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Adjective

crying (not comparable)

1. That cries.

   The crying child on the street was evidently lost.

2. That demands action or attention.

   There is a crying need for more manual workers in this country.

3. 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. The act of one who cries; a weeping or shouting.

   Their constant cryings kept us awake!

Translations

Action of the verb cry

Arabic: بُكَاء‎ (ar) m (bukāʾ) Danish: gråd (da) c Finnish: itkeminen (fi) Gothic: 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐍄𐍃 m (grēts) Greek: Ancient: κλαυθμός m (klauthmós) Indonesian: tangisan (id)

Latin: flētus m Malay: tangisan Norwegian: Bokmål: gråt (no) m Nynorsk: gråt m Portuguese: choro (pt) m Swedish: gråt (sv) c Westrobothnian: flänn m

Verb

crying

1. present participle of cry

Anagrams

• cringy