All crying synonyms
cry·ing
C c adj crying
- weeping — expressing grief, sorrow, or any overwhelming emotion by shedding tears: weeping multitudes.
- sobbing — to weep with a convulsive catching of the breath.
- pressing — urgent; demanding immediate attention: a pressing need.
- compelling — A compelling argument or reason is one that convinces you that something is true or that something should be done.
- tearful — full of tears; weeping.
- critical — If a person is critical or in a critical condition in hospital, they are seriously ill.
- crucial — If you describe something as crucial, you mean it is extremely important.
- severe — harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism; severe laws.
- urgent — compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing: an urgent matter.
noun crying
- lament — to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
- lamentation — the act of lamenting or expressing grief.
- cry — When you cry, tears come from your eyes, usually because you are unhappy or hurt.
- dirge — a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead.
- howling — producing or uttering a howling noise: a howling mob.
- wailing — to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering: to wail with pain.
- bawling — to cry or wail lustily.
- sniveling — to weep or cry with sniffling.
- snivelling — to weep or cry with sniffling.
adjective crying
- desperate — If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it.
- deplorable — If you say that something is deplorable, you think that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- awful — If you say that someone or something is awful, you dislike that person or thing or you think that they are not very good.
- horrible — causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
- terrible — distressing; severe: a terrible winter.
- dreadful — causing great dread, fear, or terror; terrible: a dreadful storm.
- lousy — infested with lice.
- weepy — weeping or tending to weep; tearful; lachrymose.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- teary — of or like tears.
- blubbering — Zoology. the fat layer between the skin and muscle of whales and other cetaceans, from which oil is made.