What is the meaning of crying?

noun

• The process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds. )
  • usage: "I hate to hear the crying of a child"; "she was in tears"
  • synonyms: weeping, tears

verb

• Utter a sudden loud cry.
  • usage: "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"
  • synonyms: shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall
• Shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain.
  • usage: "She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death"; "The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs"
  • synonyms: cry, weep
• Utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy.
  • usage: "`I won!' he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost"
  • synonyms: exclaim, cry, cry out, outcry, call out, shout
• Proclaim or announce in public.
  • usage: "before we had newspapers, a town crier would cry the news"; "He cried his merchandise in the market square"
  • synonyms: cry, blazon out
• Demand immediate action.
  • usage: "This situation is crying for attention"
  • synonyms: cry
• Utter a characteristic sound.
  • usage: "The cat was crying"
  • synonyms: cry
• Bring into a particular state by crying.
  • usage: "The little boy cried himself to sleep"
  • synonyms: cry

adjective

• Demanding attention.
  • usage: "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous- H. L. Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need"
  • synonyms: clamant, exigent, insistent, instant
• Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible.
  • usage: "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery"
  • synonyms: egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank