There is a crying need for doctors.crying1 adjectivecrying2 noun
cryingcry‧ing1 /ˈkraɪ-ɪŋ/ adjective 
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Dot had heard Mrs Parvis say that it was a crying shame, a young fit man like that.
- This final aching agony had auburn hair, grey eyes, multiple sclerosis and a sick dislike of crying babies.
- Without my exercise, I was a crying wreck.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY There is a crying need for doctors.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Within minutes he had the whole audience laughing and clapping. It was a crying shame that they lost the game.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
There is a crying need for doctors. Within minutes he had the whole audience laughing and clapping. (=a very urgent need)· There’s a crying need for more doctors and nurses.
It was a crying shame that they lost the game.· There is a crying need for an international insolvency convention.
· Dot had heard Mrs Parvis say that it was a crying shame, a young fit man like that.· In the context of the world today, it seems a crying shame.· It's a crying shame to cover up your body.· It was a crying shame to see those grounds neglected.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- It would be a crying shame if high ticket prices kept people away from baseball games.
- It's a crying shame to cover up your body.
- There is a crying need for an international insolvency convention.
- At that point I burst out laughing.
- Charles didn't respond and after a frozen pause, she collapsed into a chair and burst out crying.
- He did it so cleverly that you would think it was the real thing - until he burst out laughing.
- I came down the steps of the Ashbery that morning and burst out laughing at the heat.
- I said and burst out crying.
- Julie, surprised, burst out laughing.
- The whole group bursts out laughing.
- The woman and children burst out laughing again, getting up from the table and crowding round me.
- I had an incredible crying jag.
WORD FAMILYnouncrycryingoutcryadjectivecryingverbcry
1it’s a crying shame spoken used to say that something is very sad or upsetting: It would be a crying shame if the village shop closed down.2crying need for something a serious need for something: There is a crying need for doctors.crying1 adjectivecrying2 noun
cryingcrying2 noun [uncountable] EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Another child makes the family wretched with his crying for the better part of an hour.
- Maternity blues linked to platelet receptors TWO-THIRDS of women suffer from postnatal depression, accompanied by crying, confusion and tension.
- Nina was in the kitchen, her face red with crying, her eyes swollen.
- There are reports of links between crying and urticaria, a rash resembling nettle rash.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Within minutes he had the whole audience laughing and clapping. It was a crying shame that they lost the game.
Within minutes he had the whole audience laughing and clapping. (=a very urgent need)· There’s a crying need for more doctors and nurses.
It was a crying shame that they lost the game.PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- At that point I burst out laughing.
- Charles didn't respond and after a frozen pause, she collapsed into a chair and burst out crying.
- He did it so cleverly that you would think it was the real thing - until he burst out laughing.
- I came down the steps of the Ashbery that morning and burst out laughing at the heat.
- I said and burst out crying.
- Julie, surprised, burst out laughing.
- The whole group bursts out laughing.
- The woman and children burst out laughing again, getting up from the table and crowding round me.
- I had an incredible crying jag.
WORD FAMILYnouncrycryingoutcryadjectivecryingverbcry
when someone produces tears from their eyes, usually because they are unhappy or hurt: As he neared her tent he heard the sound of crying.