Meaning & Definition of Crying in English

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"

1. Demanding attention

• "Clamant needs"

• "A crying need"

• "Regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- h.l.mencken

• "Insistent hunger"

• "An instant need"

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"