Crying

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crying
       See {cry}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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