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crying

[krahy-ing]

adjective

  1. demanding attention or remedy; critical; severe.

    a crying evil.

  2. reprehensible; odious; notorious.

    a crying shame.



crying

/ ˈɪɪŋ /

adjective

  1. (prenominal) notorious; lamentable (esp in the phrase crying shame )

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • cryingly adverb
  • uncrying adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of crying1

First recorded in 1300–50, crying is from the Middle English word cryenge. See cry, -ing 2
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"It's like, 'Oh, obviously she's guilty, she's not crying the whole time' or 'Obviously she's guilty, she's lied about this'. The legal system in and of itself treats women very differently."

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"I saw women and children crying and screaming. I saw bodies on the ground. I saw 10-15 people injured."

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Footage from a body-worn video camera was played to the jury which showed a bloodied and crying PC Ward being comforted by a colleague in the aftermath of the incident.

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Video at the time showed that same daughter crying on the ground and later begging Los Angeles Police Department officers to remove her mother’s body.

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That millions of people in this country harbor such hatred against immigrants that they cheer on an ill child being deported, children crying for their mothers and people dying in detention centers?

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