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Synonyms for crying
ˈkraɪ ɪŋcry·ing

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  1. crying, weeping, tearsadjective

    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"

    Synonyms:
    weeping, tears

    Antonyms:
    beseeching, invisible, imploring, inconspicuous, pleading

  2. clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instantadjective

    demanding attention

    "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need"

    Synonyms:
    instant, clamant, insistent, instant(a), egregious, exigent, glaring, gross, flagrant, strident, repetitive, vociferous, crying(a), blatant, clamorous, instantaneous, exacting, rank, inst

    Antonyms:
    invisible, beseeching, inconspicuous, pleading, imploring

  3. crying(a), egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rankadjective

    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"

    Antonyms:
    imploring, inconspicuous, pleading, beseeching, invisible

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. cryingnoun

    Synonyms:
    weeping, lamentation

  2. cryingadjective

    Synonyms:
    weeping, lamenting

  3. cryingadjective

    Synonyms:
    notorious, great, enormous, heinous, flagrant, nefarious

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. cryingadjective

    Synonyms:
    weeping, sobbing, clamant, flagrant, egregious, heinous, nefarious

  2. cryingnoun

    Synonyms:
    weeping, sobbing, wailing, wail, clamation, bawling, puling, squalling

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How to use crying in a sentence?

  1. Hussein Swaleh.Swaleh:

    People are still crying back home and they will not cease until the burial is done.

  2. Evangelina McCrary:

    I could hear the baby crying and crying, but once I looked into the hole, I couldn't see the baby, all I could see was dirt and rocks.

  3. Warren Zevon:

    I heard Woodrow Wilson's guns I heard Maria crying Late last night I heard the news That Veracruz was dying

  4. Elizabeth Warren:

    What you propose, from what I can tell in your writings, is less oversight of big banks, fewer efforts to reign them in, more chances for them to take on big risks to boost their profits and, if things go wrong, come crying to the government for another bailout, the question is whether someone should be put in charge of enforcing laws that they think are unnecessary or counterproductive.

  5. Fatima Bangura:

    As soon as I hear her crying, I’m instantly reaching for my keys, getting to my car.


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