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Nouns
(n)
crying
,
weeping
,
tears
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
“I hate to hear the crying of a child”
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“she was in tears”
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Adjectives
(s)
clamant
,
crying
,
exigent
,
insistent
,
instant
demanding attention
“clamant needs”
,
“a crying need”
,
“regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous” (H.L.Mencken)
,
“insistent hunger”
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“an instant need”
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(s)
crying
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egregious
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flagrant
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glaring
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gross
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rank
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
“a crying shame”
,
“an egregious lie”
,
“flagrant violation of human rights”
,
“a glaring error”
,
“gross ineptitude”
,
“gross injustice”
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“rank treachery”
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