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Meaning of "crying" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CRYING

crying  [ˈkraɪɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CRYING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Crying is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CRYING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

crying

Crying

Crying is the shedding of tears in response to an emotional state in humans. The act of crying has been defined as "a complex secretomotor phenomenon characterized by the shedding of tears from the lacrimal apparatus, without any irritation of the ocular structures". A related medical term is lacrimation, which also refers to non-emotional shedding of tears. A neuronal connection between the lacrimal gland and the areas of the human brain involved with emotion has been established. Some scientists believe that only humans produce tears in response to emotional states, while others disagree. Charles Darwin wrote in The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals that the keepers of Indian elephants in the London Zoo told him that their charges shed tears in sorrow. Tears produced during emotional crying have a chemical composition which differs from other types of tears. They contain significantly greater quantities of the hormones prolactin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, Leu-enkephalin, and the elements potassium and manganese.

Definition of crying in the English dictionary

The definition of crying in the dictionary is notorious; lamentable.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CRYING


buying
ˈbaɪɪŋ
drying
ˈdraɪɪŋ
dying
ˈdaɪɪŋ
flying
ˈflaɪɪŋ
frying
ˈfraɪɪŋ
home-buying
ˈhəʊmˌbaɪɪŋ
horrifying
ˈhɒrɪˌfaɪɪŋ
lying
ˈlaɪɪŋ
multiplying
ˈmʌltɪplaɪɪŋ
nondrying
ˌnɒnˈdraɪɪŋ
outlying
ˈaʊtˌlaɪɪŋ
prying
ˈpraɪɪŋ
qualifying
ˈkwɒlɪfaɪɪŋ
quick-drying
ˌkwɪkˈdraɪɪŋ
satisfying
ˈsætɪsfaɪɪŋ
spin-drying
ˌspɪnˈdraɪɪŋ
spying
ˈspaɪɪŋ
terrifying
ˈtɛrɪˌfaɪɪŋ
trying
ˈtraɪɪŋ
underlying
ˌʌndəˈlaɪɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CRYING

cry havoc
cry off
cry one´s eyes out
cry out
cry over spilt milk
cry quits
cry up
cry wolf
crybabies
crybaby
cryingly
crymotherapy
cryobank
cryobiological
cryobiologist
cryobiology
cryocable
cryoconite
cryogen
cryogenic

WORDS THAT END LIKE CRYING

accompanying
annoying
blackberrying
bullying
card-carrying
copying
dairying
hurrying
laying
paying
playing
quarrying
saying
sheep-worrying
unhurrying
unvarying
unwearying
varying
wearying
worrying

Synonyms and antonyms of crying in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CRYING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «crying» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of crying

Translation of «crying» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CRYING

Find out the translation of crying to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of crying from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «crying» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

llorando
570 millions of speakers

English

crying
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रो
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البكاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

плачет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

chorando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্রন্দিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pleurs
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menangis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

weinen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

号泣
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

울고
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nangis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khóc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அழுது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रडत आहे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ağlayan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pianto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

płacz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

плаче
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

plâns
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κλάμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

huil
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gråt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gråt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of crying

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CRYING»

The term «crying» is very widely used and occupies the 8.042 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CRYING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about crying

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10 QUOTES WITH «CRYING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word crying.
1
Michael Apted
When I joined Granada - which, you don't want to start crying about these things, but Granada was a very, very hot place to be, it was my good fortune to be there at that time - the BBC was firmly asleep.
2
Lou Barletta
Thousands of cities in America are crying out for relief from the burden of illegal immigration. Small towns like mine can no longer wait for Washington.
3
Javier Camara
When I saw 'Talk to Her' for the first time, I was crying out loud because I couldn't imagine that I was doing that film.
4
Tony Campolo
When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The only question that matters is this - when you die, will you be happy when everybody else is crying?
5
John Carney
Americans like optimism, and 'Once' walks a tightrope: you feel uplifted at the end even if you're crying.
6
Roald Dahl
The fine line between roaring with laughter and crying because it's a disaster is a very, very fine line. You see a chap slip on a banana skin in the street and you roar with laughter when he falls slap on his backside. If in doing so you suddenly see he's broken a leg, you very quickly stop laughing and it's not a joke anymore.
7
Dana Davis
I'm the kind of person that if I see someone else crying, I cry too. I take on that emotion.
8
Gustavo Dudamel
Classical music in Venezuela is now something like a pop concert. You can see people screaming or crying because they don't have a ticket.
9
Clyde Edgerton
Recently, I was preparing to sing Springsteen's 'If I Should Fall Behind' for a wedding and was unable to get through it without tears. My wife handed me 'Love You Forever.' I read it. I cried. But that cry somehow cured me of crying while singing the song. Go figure.
10
Greg van Eekhout
I grew up in Los Angeles, and I was always fascinated by the La Brea Tar Pits. Right in the middle of the city, in an area called the Miracle Mile, for crying out loud, we have these eldritch ponds of dark, bubbling goo. And down in the muck, there're all these amazing fossils: mammoth and saber tooth cat and dire wolf.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRYING»

Discover the use of crying in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to crying and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Crying: The Natural and Cultural History of Tears
A natural and cultural history of crying probes this phenomenon from every angle, using the work of philosophers, poets, scholars, scientists, anthropologists, and sociologists to trace the changing meaning of tears throughout the years.
Tom Lutz, 2001
2
The Crying
Recovering from a long illness, Sam moves into a flat of her own, to make a new, independent start.
Hazel Riley, 2002
3
Why You Crying?: My Long, Hard Look at Life, Love, and Laughter
It is a rare story that touches us so deeply with its humor, sadness, and powerful message that it transcends the walls of race, culture, and class that divide us. Why You Crying? is just such a story.
George Lopez, 2004
4
Seeing Through Tears: Crying and Attachment
In a comprehensive look at crying through the life cycle, this insightful volume presents a novel theoretical framework before offering useful and practical advice for dealing with this most fundamental of human behaviors.
Judith Kay Nelson, 2005
5
Crying Hands: Eugenics and Deaf People in Nazi Germany
Now available in paperback; ISBN 1-56368-255-9
Horst Biesold, 1999
6
The Crying of Lot 49
The highly original satire about Oedipa Maas, a woman who finds herself enmeshed in a worldwide conspiracy, meets some extremely interesting characters and attains a not inconsiderable amount of self-knowledge.
Thomas Pynchon, 2012
7
Adult Crying: A Biopsychosocial Approach
Crying is discussed from several perspectives and specific attention is given to methodological issues and assessment. Each chapter provides a review and a summary of the relevant scientific literature.
Ad J.J.M. Vingerhoets, Randolph R. Cornelius, 2012
8
I Started Crying Monday
Fourteen-year-old Julie starts crying on Monday when things go badly at school.
Laurene Kelly, 1999
9
Better Than Crying: Poking Fun at Politics, the Press and ...
With fascinating revelations such as the day Dick Cheney died, what goes on inside the house of boy band O-Town and how John Ashcroft will use pork plantations in the war on terror, Better Than Crying will be the funniest book released on ...
Baratunde Rafig Thurston, 2004
10
New Essays on The Crying of Lot 49
Together, these essays provide an examination of the novel within its literary, historical, and scientific contexts.
Patrick O'Donnell, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRYING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term crying is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Australian heads to Greece to help pensioner pictured crying
Australian heads to Greece to help pensioner pictured crying outside bank. An Australian touched by an image of a pensioner sobbing outside ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Humans Of New York Photograph Of Crying Gay Teen Goes Viral …
The image, which was posted on the Humans of New York Facebook page, shows a teenage boy crying with the caption: "I'm homosexual and ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
3
Love Island: Is Lauren Richardson CRYING because this is her last …
It was time for Jess and Lauren to meet the first of their five dates, and as they went to answer the ring at the door, they were beside themselves ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Plucky Jim Perdue Returns to TV, Crying Foul Over Competitors …
Jim Purdue—son of Frank, the tough man who made tender chicken—is back pitching Purdue Farms poultry. At a time when most every TV ... «Adweek, Jul 15»
5
Tips to Relieving Colic: The Unexplained Crying Fuss
There is nothing you can do but try and be there for your kid even if they are crying for five hours straight. The best thing to do is get help from ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
6
Skanska Construction CEO Says US Infrastructure 'In Crying Need …
Skanska Construction CEO Says U.S. Infrastructure 'In Crying Need Of Repair'. Rich Cavallaro (on right, in yellow) talks with a group of ... «Here And Now, Jul 15»
7
Drops in arrivals, attitudes and ringgit leave tourism industry 'crying'
Picture by Saw Siow Feng PETALING JAYA, July 8 — The tourism industry is “crying” because the number of arrivals is dropping despite the ... «Malay Mail Online, Jul 15»
8
Industry crying out for more farm secretaries
According to Gill Lawrie, who has been doing the job on and off for more than 40 years, the industry is crying out for more secretaries. «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Jul 15»
9
Nick Gordon: Crying Hysterically For Long Periods! Desperate to …
Nick Gordon, who remains under police investigation regarding the hospitalization of girlfriend Bobbi Kristina Brown, is not in a good place of ... «The Hollywood Gossip, Jul 15»
10
Here's when crying can actually help you win a negotiation
For most people, crying at work sounds mortifying — and may even bring up humiliating memories. But new research finds that sometimes ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»

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