crying

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

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
• Derivationally related forms:
weep (for: weeping), cry
• Hypernyms:
bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
• Hyponyms:
snivel, sniveling, sob, sobbing, wailing, bawling

II - 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, exigent, insistent, instant
• Similar to:
imperative
• Derivationally related forms:
instancy (for: instant), insistency (for: insistent), exigency (for: exigent)
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
• Syn:
egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank
• Similar to:
conspicuous

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  crying(a), egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank, clamant, exigent, insistent, instant, weeping, tears