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crying

adj
/ˈkɹaɪ̯.ɪŋ/

Etymology

From cry + -ing.

  1. derived from cri
  2. inherited from cry
  3. derived from *crītāre✻
  4. derived from crier
  5. inherited from crien
  6. suffixed as crying — “cry + ing”

Definitions

  1. That cries.

    • The crying child on the street was evidently lost.

  2. That demands action or attention

    That demands action or attention; desperate.

    • There is a crying need for more manual workers in this country.

  3. That deserves rebuke or censure

    That deserves rebuke or censure; deplorable.

    • It is a crying shame that he managed to get away with that!
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The act of one who cries

      The act of one who cries; a weeping or shouting.

      • Their constant cryings kept us awake!
      • […] their breathings, cryings, and excretings would have been damaged […]

    2. present participle and gerund of cry

The neighborhood

Derived

asymmetric crying facies, cryingly, uncrying

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at crying. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01crying02cries03cry04tears05glass06melting07tearful

A definitional loop anchored at crying. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at crying

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA