Englishfor English speakers
crying
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noun
(= tears)
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
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adjective
(= egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank)
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
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adjective
(= clamant, exigent, insistent, instant)
demanding attention
clamant needs
a crying need
regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous
— H.L.Mencken
insistent hunger
an instant need
endlessly
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adverb
(= infinitely)
continuing forever without end
there are infinitely many possibilities
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adverb
(= ceaselessly)
with unflagging resolve
dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste
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adverb
(spatial sense) without bounds
the Nubian desert seemed to stretch out before them endlessly
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adverb
(= interminably)
all the time; seemingly without stopping
a theological student with whom I argued interminably
her nagging went on endlessly