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 ]

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 ]

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: egregious , flagrant , glaring , gross , rank ]