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crying::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | tears, weeping |
| Type of | bodily process, body process, activity, bodily function |
| Has types | sniveling, sob, sobbing, wailing, snivel, bawling |
| Derivation | cry |
I hate to hear the crying of a child.
Examples of crying
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Did I mention the film begins with a distressed child crying out for a lost pet?
From the bostonherald.com
Brian started crying as he stopped on pit road, then got a hug from his brother.
From the denverpost.com
Numerous scenes showed the mothers of both men crying as their departure loomed.
From the online.wsj.com
They had stopped to talk with some marooned men when they heard a kitten crying.
From the post-gazette.com
Remember, the most important way to cope with crying is to remain calm yourself.
From the post-gazette.com
Everyone's screaming and crying and pooping, it's the universal story of living.
From the time.com
The five-bedroom house, two miles outside Padstow, is crying out for a makeover.
From the telegraph.co.uk
She thought she saw a girl, but it was a boy she heard crying out to his mother.
From the ocregister.com
It's a job quintessentially crying out for political leadership and commonsense.
From the canberratimes.com.au
- Clamant: demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need"
- 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"
- Crying(a): 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"
- (cry) a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"
- (cry) shout: 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"
- (cry) a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate); "a cry of rage"; "a yell of pain"
- (cry) 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"
- Crying (also called sobbing, wailing, weeping, bawling, and blubbering) is shedding tears as a response to an emotional state in humans. ...
- Crying is a record album released in 1962 by Roy Orbison. It was his second album on the Monument Record label. The album name comes from the 1961 hit song of the same name that in 2002 was honored with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award. ...
