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crying out for

crying out for is the present participle and gerund of cry out for.

Meaning of cry out for

Verb

cry out for (third-person singular simple present cries out for, present participle crying out for, simple past and past participle cried out for)

  1. To be in urgent need (of)
    • This state of affairs is crying out for an independent investigation.

Questions about crying out for

What is crying out for the present participle and gerund of?
Crying out for is the present participle and gerund of cry out for.

Words near crying out for in the dictionary

  1. crying off
  2. crying on
  3. crying one's eyes out
  4. crying oneself to sleep
  5. crying out
  6. crying out for
  7. crying over spilt milk
  8. crying poormouth
  9. crying room
  10. crying rooms
  11. crying shame

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crying out for (page history and authors); cry out for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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