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 Definitions for crying: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Cry \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.
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And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud
voice. -- Matt.
xxvii. 46.
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Clapping their hands, and crying with loud voice.
--Shak.
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Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto
thee. -- Ps. xxviii.
2.
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The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness,
Prepare ye the way of the Lord. --Is. xl. 3.
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Some cried after him to return. --Bunyan.
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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.
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Ye shall cry for sorrow of heart. --Is. lxv. 14.
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I could find it in my heart to disgrace my man's
apparel and to cry like a woman. --Shak.
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3. To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.
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The young ravens which cry. --Ps. cxlvii.
9.
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In a cowslip's bell I lie
There I couch when owls do cry. --Shak.
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To cry on or To cry 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 To cry out 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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Crying \Cry"ing\, a.
Calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous;
as, a crying evil.
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Too much fondness for meditative retirement is not the
crying sin of our modern Christianity. --I. Taylor.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
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crying
See cry
WordNet (r) 2.0
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cry
n 1: a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the
speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of
the audience" [syn: outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation]
2: a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate);
"a cry of rage"; "a yell of pain" [syn: yell]
3: a slogan used to rally support for a cause; "a cry to arms";
"our watchword will be `democracy'" [syn: war cry, {rallying
cry}, battle cry, watchword]
4: a fit of weeping; "had a good cry"
5: the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries
filled the night"
v 1: utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the
doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the
window but she couldn't hear me" [syn: shout, {shout
out}, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall]
2: shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain; "She cried
bitterly when she heard the news of his death"; "The girl
in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not
get up the stairs" [syn: weep] [ant: laugh]
3: utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!'
he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the
mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost" [syn:
exclaim, cry out, outcry, call out, shout]
4: proclaim or announce in public; "before we had newspapers, a
town cryer would cry the news"; "He cried his merchandise
in the market square" [syn: blazon out]
5: demand immediate action; "This situation is crying for
attention"
6: utter a characteristic sound; "The cat was crying"
7: bring into a particular state by crying; "The little boy
cried himself to sleep"
[also: cried, cryings (pl), crying (pl)]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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crying
adj 1: noisy with or as if with loud cries and shouts; "a crying
mass of rioters"; "a howling wind"; "shouting fans";
"the yelling fiend" [syn: howling, yelling, shouting]
2: demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need";
"regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"-
H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" [syn: clamant,
exigent, insistent, instant]
3: 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" [syn: {crying(a)}, egregious,
flagrant, glaring, gross, rank]
n : 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" [syn: weeping, tears]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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93 Moby Thesaurus words for "crying":
acute, atrocious, bawling, blatant, blubbering, boanergean,
brawling, burning, clamant, clamorous, clamoursome, compelling,
critical, crucial, cry, demanding, desperate, dire,
dissolved in tears, draining, exacting, exigent, exorbitant,
extortionate, fit of crying, flood of tears, good cry, grasping,
greet, heinous, high-pressure, high-priority, howling, imperative,
imperious, importunate, in tears, insistent, instant, lachryma,
lachrymal, lachrymose, lachrymosity, lacrimatory, loud,
loudmouthed, lowing, melting mood, monstrous, mugient, necessary,
needed, noisy, obstreperous, openmouthed, overflowing eyes,
persistent, pertinacious, pivotal, pressing, puling, ready to cry,
scandalous, screaming, shocking, shouting, sniveling, sobbing,
taxing, tear, tear bottle, teardrop, tearful, tearful eyes,
tearfulness, tears, teary, ululant, urgent, vociferant,
vociferating, vociferous, wailing, weepiness, weeping, weepy,
whimpering, whining, with eyes suffused, yammering, yapping,
yelling, yelping
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