crying
adjective /ˈkraɪɪŋ/
/ˈkraɪɪŋ/
Idioms - [only before noun] (informal)Oxford Collocations DictionaryCrying is used with these nouns:
- baby
- fit
- need
- …
Idioms
be a crying shame
- used to emphasize that you think something is extremely bad or that it shocks you
- It's a crying shame to waste all that food.
a crying need (for something)
- a great and desperate need for something
- There is a crying need for more funds.