crying
/ˈkɹaɪ̯.ɪŋ/
crying adjective: that cries. Also the present participle and gerund of cry.
Adjective
crying (not comparable)
Noun
crying (countable and uncountable, plural cryings)
- The act of one who cries; a weeping or shouting.
- Their constant cryings kept us awake!
- […] their breathings, cryings, and excretings would have been damaged […]1848, The New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal
Also used as
crying is also the present participle and gerund of cry.
crying meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Malayalam
crying in Tamil
- that cries
- அழும் aḻum
- action of the verb cry
- அழுகை aḻukai
crying in Marathi
- रडत आहे, रडत होतो
crying in Urdu
- روتے ہوئے, روتے ہیں
crying in Malayalam
- action of the verb cry
- കരച്ചിൽ karaccil
More languagesFewer languages
- crying in Gujarati
- રડે છે, રડવું, રડી રહી છે
- crying in Odia
- କାନ୍ଦୁଛି, କାନ୍ଦୁଛନ୍ତି
- crying in Nepali
- रोइरहेको छ, रोएँ
- crying in Arabic
- بَاكٍ bākin, بُكَاء bukāʔ
- crying in Malay
- tangisan
- crying in Indonesian
- tangisan
- Kashmiri
- وَدُن vadun
Examples of crying in a sentence
- Ryan wiped the tear from the paper he was crying on.
- I had just put Mary down when you rang. So now she's crying again.
- It's very concerning that our neighbour seems to be crying very loudly these days.
Synonyms of crying
Antonyms
Forms of crying
| plural | cryings |
|---|
Origin of crying
From cry + -ing.
Words formed from crying
Phrases with crying
- crying on
- crying up
- crying aim
- crying off
- crying out
- crying beef
- crying bird
- crying call
- crying down
- crying foul
- crying game
- crying wolf
40 more phrasesFewer phrases
- ugly crying
- crying birds
- crying calls
- crying games
- crying havoc
- crying rooms
- crying shame
- crying uncle
- crying craven
- crying halves
- crying it out
- crying shames
- crying buckets
- crying out for
- crying cupboard
- crying poormouth
- crying the blues
- crying blue murder
- crying like a baby
- for crying out loud
- shooting and crying
- crying in one's beer
- crying stinking fish
- crying one's eyes out
- crying over spilt milk
- crying someone a river
- for crying in the beer
- all over but the crying
- crying from the rooftop
- crying oneself to sleep
- crying from the housetop
- crying from the rooftops
- crying from the housetops
- crying like a little girl
- crying carrots and turnips
- crying all the way to the bank
- voice crying in the wilderness
- voices crying in the wilderness
- there's no use crying over spilt milk
- there's no point crying over spilt milk
Words that rhyme with crying
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- buying
- clying
- complying
- decrying
- defying
- denying
- descrying
- dyeing
- espying
- forbuying
- frying
- goodbyeing
- high-flying
- highing
- implying
- lyeing
- lying
- mistrying
- nighing
- outvying
- pieing
- plying
- prying
- rebuying
- redyeing
- refrying
- relying
- replying
- retrying
- retying
- scrying
- shanghaiing
- shying
- sighing
- skying
- speed flying
- spying
- stying
- supplying
- thighing
- unbuying
- uncrying
- undrying
- undyeing
- undying
- unflying
- unfrying
- unlying
Questions about crying
- What does crying mean?
- Crying means that cries.
- What is crying in Tamil?
- Crying in Tamil is அழும் (aḻum), அழுகை (aḻukai). See Crying meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is crying?
- Crying can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce crying?
- Crying is pronounced /ˈkɹaɪ̯.ɪŋ/.
Words near crying in the dictionary
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