CRYING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
   Synonym(s)
   • tears (what does tears mean?)
   • weeping (what does weeping mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • I hate to hear the crying of a child
   • she was in tears
   Hypernyms(s) crying is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • bodily process (what does bodily process mean?)
   • body process (what does body process mean?)
   • bodily function (what does bodily function mean?)
   • activity (what does activity mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • snivel (what does snivel mean?)
   • sniveling (what does sniveling mean?)
   • sob (what does sob mean?)
   • sobbing (what does sobbing mean?)
   • wailing (what does wailing mean?)
   • bawling (what does bawling mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • cry (what does cry mean?)
   • weep (what does weep mean?)
   • cry (what does cry mean?)
   • cry (what does cry mean?)
   • weep (what does weep mean?)

CRYING as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • demanding attention
   Synonym(s)
   • clamant (what does clamant mean?)
   • exigent (what does exigent mean?)
   • insistent (what does insistent mean?)
   • instant (what does instant mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • clamant needs
   • a crying need
   • regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous- H.L.Mencken
   • insistent hunger
   • an instant need
   Similar To
   • imperative (what does imperative mean?)
2. Meaning
   • noisy with or as if with loud cries and shouts
   Synonym(s)
   • howling (what does howling mean?)
   • shouting (what does shouting mean?)
   • yelling (what does yelling mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a crying mass of rioters
   • a howling wind
   • shouting fans
   • the yelling fiend
   Similar To
   • noisy (what does noisy mean?)