Crying
['kraɪɪŋ]
Definition
(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'.
(adj.) 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' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cry
(a.) Calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous; as, a crying evil.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Weeping, lamentation.
a. [1]. Weeping, lamenting.[2]. Notorious, great, enormous, heinous, flagrant, nefarious.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of crying, is a forerunner of illusory pleasures, which will subside into gloom, and distressing influences affecting for evil business engagements and domestic affairs. To see others crying, forbodes unexpected calls for aid from you.
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Examples
- He has been something of a voice crying in the wilderness, but a voice that did not understand its own message. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Her head dropped on the cushions; and she burst out crying. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And when I came to stoop down and look up at his face, I saw that he was crying. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Mary's eyes looked rather red, as if she had been crying. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- What was the use of thinking about behavior after this crying? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- So I told him that I thought I must have been crying because of my godmother's death and because of Mrs. Rachael's not being sorry to part with me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I am not crying, Shirley; or if I am, it is nothing. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The door opened again, and Topsy, her eyes swelled with crying, appeared, holding something under her apron. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- After that, her crying became remorseful, and she got up and put her arms round her sister. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I was afraid of crying if I spoke. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, 'What meaneth the noise of this tumult? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Still the woman follows, crying, Stop him, sir, pray stop him! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Fanny was by this time crying so bitterly that, angry as he was, he would not press that article farther. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Little woman, said he, You have been crying. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The door opened, and I looked, half laughing and half crying in my pleasant agitation, for my mother. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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