What does crying mean?

crying means "demanding attention". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in crying?

crying has 2 syllables: cry-ing. The stress falls on "cry". In IPA it is /ˈkɹaɪɪŋ/.

What is another word for crying?

Close synonyms include clamant, exigent, insistent, instant, egregious. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is crying a common word?

crying is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

crying — meaning, pronunciation and 3 definitions

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
demanding attention
“clamant needs”
“a crying need”
“regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous”
“insistent hunger”
“an instant need”
Synonymsclamant exigent insistent instant
Similarimperative
2.
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”
Synonymsegregious flagrant glaring gross rank
Similarconspicuous

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
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”
Synonymsweeping tears
Broaderbodily process
Narrowersnivel sob wailing

Other forms of crying

plural: cryings·
comparative: cryinger·
superlative: cryingest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about crying

What does crying mean?: crying means "demanding attention". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in crying?: crying has 2 syllables: cry-ing. The stress falls on "cry". In IPA it is /ˈkɹaɪɪŋ/.
What is another word for crying?: Close synonyms include clamant, exigent, insistent, instant, egregious. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is crying a common word?: crying is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for crying come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
demanding attention
“clamant needs”
“a crying need”
“regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous”
“insistent hunger”
“an instant need”
Synonymsclamant exigent insistent instant
Similarimperative
2.
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”
Synonymsegregious flagrant glaring gross rank
Similarconspicuous

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
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”
Synonymsweeping tears
Broaderbodily process
Narrowersnivel sob wailing

Other forms of crying

plural: cryings·
comparative: cryinger·
superlative: cryingest·

Questions about crying

What does crying mean?: crying means "demanding attention". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in crying?: crying has 2 syllables: cry-ing. The stress falls on "cry". In IPA it is /ˈkɹaɪɪŋ/.
What is another word for crying?: Close synonyms include clamant, exigent, insistent, instant, egregious. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is crying a common word?: crying is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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