Associations to the word «Crying»

CRYING, adjective. That demands action or attention.

CRYING, adjective. That deserves rebuke or censure.

CRYING, noun. Action of the verb cry.

CRYING, verb. Present participle of cry

CRYING BIRD, noun. Limpkin

CRYING BLUE MURDER, verb. Present participle of cry blue murder

CRYING CALL, noun. (poker slang) a call, made by a player with a weak hand because he or she already has a large amount of money in the pot.

CRYING CALLS, noun. Plural of crying call

CRYING FOUL, verb. Present participle of cry foul

CRYING OFF, verb. Present participle of cry off

CRYING OUT, verb. Present participle of cry out

CRYING OUT AGAINST, verb. Present participle of cry out against

CRYING OUT FOR, verb. Present participle of cry out for

CRYING SHAME, noun. (idiomatic) A situation that is considered to be a disgrace, or deplorable.

CRYING THE BLUES, verb. Present participle of cry the blues

CRYING UNCLE, verb. Present participle of cry uncle

CRYING WOLF, verb. Present participle of cry wolf

CRYING, noun. 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".

CRYING, adjective. Demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need".

CRYING, 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".