cryingadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈkraɪ.ɪŋ/us/ˈkraɪ.ɪŋ/very serious and needing urgent attention:
There's a crying need for a better education system.
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Serious and unpleasant
- abominable
- abysmal
- apocalyptic
- appalling
- awfully
- belief
- corrosive
- grisly
- grotesque
- gruesome
- hate
- hateful
- noxious
- revolting
- rotten
- shitty
- shocking
- shockingly
- stinking
- wretched
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Idiom(s)
it's a crying shame
cryingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈkraɪ.ɪŋ/us/ˈkraɪ.ɪŋ/the act of crying, or the sound of someone crying:
She could hear crying coming from the next room.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Weeping and crying
- bawl
- bucket
- burst
- burst out laughing/crying idiom
- crocodile tears
- crumple
- cry
- dissolve
- flood
- lachrymose
- mist
- mist (sth) over/up
- misty-eyed
- not a dry eye in the house idiom
- not know whether to laugh or cry idiom
- sniffle
- snivel
- snuffle
- tear 1
- weepy
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