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
    

• demanding attention
  • clamant needs
    
  • a crying need
    
  • regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous- H.L.Mencken
    
  • insistent hunger
    
  • an instant need
    

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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  crying(a) , egregious , flagrant , glaring , gross , rank , clamant , exigent , insistent , instant , weeping , tears