crying
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(satellite adjective) 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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Synonyms: egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank |
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(noun) the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds); "I hate to hear a child crying"; "she was in tears" |
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Synonyms: tears, weeping |
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Related Words: activity, bawling, bodily function, bodily process, body process, snivel, sniveling, sobbing, wailing |
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(satellite adjective) noisy with or as if with loud cries and shouts; "a crying mass of rioters"; "a howling wind"; "shouting fans"; "the yelling fiend" |
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Synonyms: howling, shouting, yelling |
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(satellite adjective) demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" |
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Synonyms: clamant, exigent, insistent, instant |
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