crying
That demands action or attention; desperate.
Example
“There is a crying need for more manual workers in this country.”
Other meanings
That deserves rebuke or censure; deplorable.
“It is a crying shame that he managed to get away with that!”
Related words
- cryingly
- uncrying
- asymmetric crying facies
Where this comes from
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