[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cry \cry\ krimac, v. i. imp.  p. p. cried krimacd;
   p. pr.  vb. n. crying. f. crier, cf. l. quiritare to
   raise a plaintive cry, scream, shriek, perh. fr. queri to
   complain; cf. skr. cvas to pant, hiss, sigh. cf. quarrel a
   brawl, querulous.
   1. to make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently
      or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to
      pray; to implore.
      1913 webster

            and about the ninth hour, jesus cried with a loud
            voice.                                -- matt.
                                                  xxvii. 46.
      1913 webster

            clapping their hands, and crying with loud voice.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

            hear the voice of my supplications when i cry unto
            thee.                                 -- ps. xxviii.
                                                  2.
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            the voice of him that crieth in the wilderness,
            prepare ye the way of the lord.       --is. xl. 3.
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            some cried after him to return.       --bunyan.
      1913 webster

   2. to utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain,
      grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears;
      to bawl, as a child.
      1913 webster

            ye shall cry for sorrow of heart.     --is. lxv. 14.
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            i could find it in my heart to disgrace my man's
            apparel and to cry like a woman.      --shak.
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   3. to utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.
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            the young ravens which cry.           --ps. cxlvii.
                                                  9.
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            in a cowslip's bell i lie
            there i couch when owls do cry.       --shak.
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   to cry on or to cry upon, to call upon the name of; to
      beseech. "no longer on saint denis will we cry." --shak.

   to cry out.
      a to exclaim; to vociferate; to scream; to clamor.
      b to complain loudly; to lament.

   to cry out against, to complain loudly of; to censure; to
      blame.

   to cry out on or to cry out upon, to denounce; to
      censure. "cries out upon abuses." --shak.

   to cry to, to call on in prayer; to implore.

   to cry you mercy, to beg your pardon. "i cry you mercy,
      madam; was it you?" --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
cried crying quarrel querulous to cry on to cry upon 
to cry out to cry out against to cry out on to cry out upon to cry to 
to cry you mercy 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

crying \cry"ing\, a.
   calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous;
   as, a crying evil.
   1913 webster

         too much fondness for meditative retirement is not the
         crying sin of our modern christianity.   --i. taylor.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

crying
     see cry
see also:
cry 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cry
     n 1: a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the
          speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of
          the audience" syn: outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation
     2: a loud utterance of emotion especially when inarticulate;
        "a cry of rage"; "a yell of pain" syn: yell
     3: a slogan used to rally support for a cause; "a cry to arms";
        "our watchword will be `democracy'" syn: war cry, rallying
        cry, battle cry, watchword
     4: a fit of weeping; "had a good cry"
     5: the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries
        filled the night"
     v 1: utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the
          doctor inserted the needle"; "i yelled to her from the
          window but she couldn't hear me" syn: shout, shout
          out, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall
     2: shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain; "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" syn: weep ant: laugh
     3: utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`i won'
        he exclaimed"; "`help' she cried"; "`i'm here,' the
        mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost" syn:
        exclaim, cry out, outcry, call out, shout
     4: proclaim or announce in public; "before we had newspapers, a
        town cryer would cry the news"; "he cried his merchandise
        in the market square" syn: blazon out
     5: demand immediate action; "this situation is crying for
        attention"
     6: utter a characteristic sound; "the cat was crying"
     7: bring into a particular state by crying; "the little boy
        cried himself to sleep"
     also: cried, cryings pl, crying pl
see also:
outcry call yell shout vociferation war cry 
rallying cry battle cry watchword shout out scream 
holler hollo squall weep laugh 
exclaim cry out call out blazon out cried 
cryings crying 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

crying
     adj 1: noisy with or as if with loud cries and shouts; "a crying
            mass of rioters"; "a howling wind"; "shouting fans";
            "the yelling fiend" syn: howling, yelling, shouting
     2: 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
     3: 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: cryinga, egregious,
         flagrant, glaring, gross, rank
     n : 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
see also:
howling yelling shouting clamant exigent insistent 
instant cryinga egregious flagrant glaring 
gross rank weeping tears 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

93 moby thesaurus words for "crying":
   acute, atrocious, bawling, blatant, blubbering, boanergean,
   brawling, burning, clamant, clamorous, clamoursome, compelling,
   critical, crucial, cry, demanding, desperate, dire,
   dissolved in tears, draining, exacting, exigent, exorbitant,
   extortionate, fit of crying, flood of tears, good cry, grasping,
   greet, heinous, high-pressure, high-priority, howling, imperative,
   imperious, importunate, in tears, insistent, instant, lachryma,
   lachrymal, lachrymose, lachrymosity, lacrimatory, loud,
   loudmouthed, lowing, melting mood, monstrous, mugient, necessary,
   needed, noisy, obstreperous, openmouthed, overflowing eyes,
   persistent, pertinacious, pivotal, pressing, puling, ready to cry,
   scandalous, screaming, shocking, shouting, sniveling, sobbing,
   taxing, tear, tear bottle, teardrop, tearful, tearful eyes,
   tearfulness, tears, teary, ululant, urgent, vociferant,
   vociferating, vociferous, wailing, weepiness, weeping, weepy,
   whimpering, whining, with eyes suffused, yammering, yapping,
   yelling, yelping

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http://www.humsci.auburn.edu/parent/crying/, score=84, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 1:04 am

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