[{"word":"crying","phonetic":"/kɹaɪ̯.ɪŋ/","phonetics":[{"text":"/kɹaɪ̯.ɪŋ/","audio":"https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/crying-us.mp3","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1749777","license":{"name":"BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"}}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To shed tears; to weep.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"That sad movie always makes me cry."},{"definition":"To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To shout, scream, yell.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Tonight I'll cry myself to sleep."},{"definition":"To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, etc.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to cry goods"},{"definition":"Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["bawl","blubber","sob","wail","weep","whimper"],"antonyms":["laugh"]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act of one who cries; a weeping or shouting.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Their constant cryings kept us awake!"}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"That cries.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The crying child on the street was evidently lost."},{"definition":"That demands action or attention.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"There is a crying need for more manual workers in this country."},{"definition":"That deserves rebuke or censure.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"It is a crying shame that he managed to get away with that!"}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cry","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crying"]}]