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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cry \Cry\ (kr[imac]), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Cried} (kr[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crying}.] [F. crier, cf. L. quiritare to raise a plaintive cry, scream, shriek, perh. fr. queri to complain; cf. Skr. cvas to pant, hiss, sigh. Cf. {Quarrel} a brawl, {Querulous}.]
1. To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.
And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice. -- Matt. xxvii. 46.
Clapping their hands, and crying with loud voice. --Shak.
Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto thee. -- Ps. xxviii. 2.
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord. --Is. xl. 3.
Some cried after him to return. --Bunyan.
2. To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child.
Ye shall cry for sorrow of heart. --Is. lxv. 14.
I could find it in my heart to disgrace my man's apparel and to cry like a woman. --Shak.
3. To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.
The young ravens which cry. --Ps. cxlvii. 9.
In a cowslip's bell I lie There I couch when owls do cry. --Shak.
{To cry on} or {To cry upon}, to call upon the name of; to beseech. ''No longer on Saint Denis will we cry.'' --Shak.
{To cry out}. (a) To exclaim; to vociferate; to scream; to clamor. (b) To complain loudly; to lament.
{To cry out against}, to complain loudly of; to censure; to blame.
{To cry out on} or {To cry out upon}, to denounce; to censure. ''Cries out upon abuses.'' --Shak.
{To cry to}, to call on in prayer; to implore.
{To cry you mercy}, to beg your pardon. ''I cry you mercy, madam; was it you?'' --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crying \Cry"ing\, adjective Calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous; as, a crying evil.
Too much fondness for meditative retirement is not the crying sin of our modern Christianity. --I. Taylor.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
crying See {cry}
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cry
noun
1: a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience" [syn: {outcry}, {call}, {yell}, {shout}, {vociferation}]
2: a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate); "a cry of rage"; "a yell of pain" [syn: {yell}]
3: a slogan used to rally support for a cause; "a cry to arms"; "our watchword will be 'democracy'" [syn: {war cry}, {rallying cry}, {battle cry}, {watchword}]
4: a fit of weeping; "had a good cry"
5: the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries filled the night"
verb
1: utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me" [syn: {shout}, {shout out}, {call}, {yell}, {scream}, {holler}, {hollo}, {squall}]
2: shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain; "She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death"; "The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs" [syn: {weep}] [ant: {laugh}]
3: utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "'I won!' he exclaimed"; "'Help!' she cried"; "'I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost" [syn: {exclaim}, {cry out}, {outcry}, {call out}, {shout}]
4: proclaim or announce in public; "before we had newspapers, a town cryer would cry the news"; "He cried his merchandise in the market square" [syn: {blazon out}]
5: demand immediate action; "This situation is crying for attention"
6: utter a characteristic sound; "The cat was crying"
7: bring into a particular state by crying; "The little boy cried himself to sleep" [also: {cried}, {cryings} (pl), {crying} (pl)]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
crying
adjective
1: noisy with or as if with loud cries and shouts; "a crying mass of rioters"; "a howling wind"; "shouting fans"; "the yelling fiend" [syn: {howling}, {yelling}, {shouting}]
2: demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" [syn: {clamant}, {exigent}, {insistent}, {instant}]
3: 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" [syn: {crying(a)}, {egregious}, {flagrant}, {glaring}, {gross}, {rank}]
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" [syn: {weeping}, {tears}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
93 Moby Thesaurus words for "crying": acute, atrocious, bawling, blatant, blubbering, boanergean, brawling, burning, clamant, clamorous, clamoursome, compelling, critical, crucial, cry, demanding, desperate, dire, dissolved in tears, draining, exacting, exigent, exorbitant, extortionate, fit of crying, flood of tears, good cry, grasping, greet, heinous, high-pressure, high-priority, howling, imperative, imperious, importunate, in tears, insistent, instant, lachryma, lachrymal, lachrymose, lachrymosity, lacrimatory, loud, loudmouthed, lowing, melting mood, monstrous, mugient, necessary, needed, noisy, obstreperous, openmouthed, overflowing eyes, persistent, pertinacious, pivotal, pressing, puling, ready to cry, scandalous, screaming, shocking, shouting, sniveling, sobbing, taxing, tear, tear bottle, teardrop, tearful, tearful eyes, tearfulness, tears, teary, ululant, urgent, vociferant, vociferating, vociferous, wailing, weepiness, weeping, weepy, whimpering, whining, with eyes suffused, yammering, yapping, yelling, yelping
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