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cry·ing    Audio Help   [krahy-ing] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.demanding attention or remedy; critical; severe: a crying evil.
2.reprehensible; odious; notorious: a crying shame.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME cryenge. See cry, -ing2]

cry·ing·ly, adverb
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cry    Audio Help   [krahy] Pronunciation Key verb, cried, cry·ing, noun, plural cries.
–verb (used without object)
1.to utter inarticulate sounds, esp. of lamentation, grief, or suffering, usually with tears.
2.to weep; shed tears, with or without sound.
3.to call loudly; shout; yell (sometimes fol. by out).
4.to demand resolution or strongly indicate a particular disposition: The rise in crime cried out for greater police protection.
5.to give forth vocal sounds or characteristic calls, as animals; yelp; bark.
6.(of a hound or pack) to bay continuously and excitedly in following a scent.
7.(of tin) to make a noise, when bent, like the crumpling of paper.
–verb (used with object)
8.to utter or pronounce loudly; call out.
9.to announce publicly as for sale; advertise: to cry one's wares.
10.to beg or plead for; implore: to cry mercy.
11.to bring (oneself) to a specified state by weeping: The infant cried itself to sleep.
–noun
12.the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
13.clamor; outcry.
14.a fit of weeping: to have a good cry.
15.the utterance or call of an animal.
16.a political or party slogan.
17.battle cry.
18.an oral proclamation or announcement.
19.a call of wares for sale, services available, etc., as by a street vendor.
20.public report.
21.an opinion generally expressed.
22.an entreaty; appeal.
23.Fox Hunting.
a.a pack of hounds.
b.a continuous baying of a hound or a pack in following a scent.
24.cry down, to disparage; belittle: Those people cry down everyone who differs from them.
25.cry off, to break a promise, agreement, etc.: We made arrangements to purchase a house, but the owner cried off at the last minute.
26.cry up, to praise; extol: to cry up one's profession.
27.a far cry,
a.quite some distance; a long way.
b.only remotely related; very different: This treatment is a far cry from that which we received before.
28.cry havoc. havoc (def. 4).
29.cry one's eyes or heart out, to cry excessively or inconsolably: The little girl cried her eyes out when her cat died.
30.cry over spilled or spilt milk. milk (def. 10).
31.in full cry, in hot pursuit: The pack followed in full cry.

[Origin: 1175–1225; (v.) ME crien < AF, OF crier < VL *crītāre for L quirītāre to cry out in protest, make a public cry; associated by folk etym. with Quirītés Quirites; (n.) < AF, OF cri, n. deriv. of the v.]

1. wail, keen, moan. 2. sob, bawl, whimper. 3. yowl, bawl, clamor, vociferate, exclaim, ejaculate, scream. Cry, shout, bellow, roar refer to kinds of loud articulate or inarticulate sounds. Cry is the general word: to cry out. To shout is to raise the voice loudly in uttering words or other articulate sounds: He shouted to his companions. Bellow refers to the loud, deep cry of a bull, moose, etc., or, somewhat in deprecation, to human utterance that suggests such a sound: The speaker bellowed his answer. Roar refers to a deep, hoarse, rumbling or vibrant cry, often of tumultuous volume: The crowd roared approval.
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cry    Audio Help   (krī)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   cried (krīd), cry·ing, cries (krīz)

v.   intr.
  1. To sob or shed tears because of grief, sorrow, or pain; weep.
  2. To call loudly; shout.
  3. To utter a characteristic sound or call. Used of an animal.
  4. To demand or require immediate action or remedy: grievances crying out for redress.

v.   tr.
  1. To utter loudly; call out.
  2. To proclaim or announce in public: crying one's wares in the marketplace.
  3. To bring into a particular condition by weeping: cry oneself to sleep.
  4. Archaic To beg for; implore: cry forgiveness.

n.   pl. cries (krīz)
  1. A loud utterance of an emotion, such as fear, anger, or despair.
  2. A loud exclamation; a shout or call.
  3. A fit of weeping: had a good long cry.
  4. An urgent entreaty or appeal.
  5. A public or general demand or complaint.
  6. A common view or general report.
  7. An advertising of wares by calling out: venders' cries at the fish market.
  8. A rallying call or signal: a cry to arms.
  9. A slogan, especially a political one.
  10. The characteristic call or utterance of an animal.
    1. The baying of hounds during the chase.
    2. A pack of hounds.
  11. Obsolete Clamor; outcry.
  12. Obsolete A public announcement; a proclamation.

Phrasal Verb(s):
cry down
To belittle or disparage.
cry off
To break or withdraw from a promise, agreement, or undertaking.
cry up
To praise highly; extol.

Idiom(s):
cry havoc
To sound an alarm; warn.

Idiom(s):
cry (one's) eyes/heart out
To weep inconsolably for a long time.

Idiom(s):
cry on (someone's) shoulder
To tell one's problems to someone else in an attempt to gain sympathy or consolation.

Idiom(s):
cry over spilled milk
To regret in vain what cannot be undone or rectified.

Idiom(s):
cry wolf
To raise a false alarm.

Idiom(s):
for crying out loud
Used to express annoyance or astonishment: Let's get going, for crying out loud!

Idiom(s):
in full cry
In hot pursuit, as hounds hunting.

[Middle English crien, from Old French crier, from Vulgar Latin *critāre, from Latin quirītāre, to cry out, perhaps from Quirītēs, public officers to whom one would cry out in times of need.]

Synonyms: These verbs mean to make inarticulate sounds of grief, unhappiness, or pain. Cry and weep both involve the shedding of tears; cry more strongly implies accompanying sound: "She cried without trying to suppress any of the noisier manifestations of grief and confusion" (J. D. Salinger). "I weep for what I'm like when I'm alone" (Theodore Roethke).
Wail refers primarily to sustained, inarticulate mournful sound: "The women . . . began to wail together; they mourned with shrill cries" (Joseph Conrad).
Keen suggests wailing and lamentation for the dead: "It is the wild Irish women keening over their dead" (George A. Lawrence).
Whimper refers to low, plaintive, broken or repressed cries: The condemned prisoner cowered and began to whimper for clemency.
Sob describes weeping or a mixture of broken speech and weeping marked by convulsive breathing or gasping: "sobbing and crying, and wringing her hands as if her heart would break" (Laurence Sterne).
Blubber refers to noisy shedding of tears accompanied by broken or inarticulate speech: "When he drew out what had been a fiddle, crushed to morsels in the greatcoat, he blubbered aloud" (Emily Brontë).

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adj.  
  1. Demanding or requiring action or attention: a crying need.
  2. Abominable; reprehensible: a crying shame.

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crying

adjective
1. demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" [syn: clamant
2. 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" 

noun
1. 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" 

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Crying

Cry\ (kr[imac]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cried (kr[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Crying.] [F. crier, cf. L. quiritare to raise a plaintive cry, scream, shriek, perh. fr. queri to complain; cf. Skr. cvas to pant, hiss, sigh. Cf. Quarrel a brawl, Querulous.]

1. To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.

And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice. -- Matt. xxvii. 46.

Clapping their hands, and crying with loud voice. --Shak.

Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto thee. -- Ps. xxviii. 2.

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord. --Is. xl. 3.

Some cried after him to return. --Bunyan.

2. To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child.

Ye shall cry for sorrow of heart. --Is. lxv. 14.

I could find it in my heart to disgrace my man's apparel and to cry like a woman. --Shak.

3. To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.

The young ravens which cry. --Ps. cxlvii. 9.

In a cowslip's bell I lie There I couch when owls do cry. --Shak.

To cry on or upon, to call upon the name of; to beseech. "No longer on Saint Denis will we cry." --Shak.

To cry out. (a) To exclaim; to vociferate; to scream; to clamor. (b) To complain loudly; to lament.

To cry out against, to complain loudly of; to censure; to blame.

To cry out on or upon, to denounce; to censure. "Cries out upon abuses." --Shak.

To cry to, to call on in prayer; to implore.

To cry you mercy, to beg your pardon. "I cry you mercy, madam; was it you?" --Shak.
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