definition of
crying

[1] #1 crying n. [weeping, tears] 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". wn

[2] #2 crying s. [clamant, exigent, insistent, instant] demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need". wn

[3] #3 crying s. [egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank] 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". wn