Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Demanding or requiring action or attention.
- adjective Abominable; reprehensible.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Demanding attention or remedy; notorious; unendurable.
- Melancholy; lamenting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective That demands
action orattention . - adjective That deserves
rebuke orcensure . - noun Action of the verb to
cry . - verb Present participle of
cry .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
- adjective demanding attention
- adjective conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
Etymologies
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Examples
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i bet the xbots are crying "how come they don't make something like that on our Red Ring System just because it messes up in 2 weeks doesn't mean they cant put it on ours too. * crying. *crying*"
G4TV - The Feed 2009
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I ended up calling her crying from a hotel room in Miami like, "I really love you and miss you," and I don't even remember what it was about but it's hard when you lose a girlfriend.
Eva Mendes Talks ‘Women,’ Promises Guys Taking Dates Will Get Lucky » MTV Movies Blog 2008
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The natives asserted that they were produced by the inhabitants of shells, and they showed us some which they called the crying shells, from which they asserted the sounds proceeded.
My First Voyage to Southern Seas William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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State Environmental Protection Department spokesman Larry Ragonese says neighbors reported what they described as "crying" by the tortoises and were feeding them.
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Dear Editor: Isn't this what they call a crying shame?
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Dear Editor: Isn't this what they call a crying shame?
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2009
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Dear Editor: Isn't this what they call a crying shame?
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2009
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"Quick," I say, when he calls crying from his dorm because he dreamt about his dad and awakened to the gut wrenching reality that it was, sadly, just a dream, "tell me your top three Dad stories from our first summer on the farm!"
Susan McCorkindale: A Question of Cancer: Helping Kids Regain Peace of Mind After the Loss of a Parent Susan McCorkindale 2012
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"Quick," I say, when he calls crying from his dorm because he dreamt about his dad and awakened to the gut wrenching reality that it was, sadly, just a dream, "tell me your top three Dad stories from our first summer on the farm!"
Susan McCorkindale: A Question of Cancer: Helping Kids Regain Peace of Mind After the Loss of a Parent Susan McCorkindale 2012
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“Of course, with RIAA ` s counsel physically beating on the table, slamming down post-it notes with question after question and scaring Michelle out of her seat, sending her crying from the room, she did not know which way was up for dozens of questions,” he stated.
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