Word Type

Adjective

Noun

Adjective

Verb

The word "crying" can be used as adjective, noun, adjective and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

funeral

Capable Of

prove useless

Causes

baby to get picked up better runny nose

Causes Desire

help

Derived Terms

asymmetric crying facies crying room cryingly uncrying

Derived From

cry

Inflected/Variant Forms

cry

Prerequisites

tear ducts

Has Property

different than single cries

Subevents

sniff

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

activity bodily function bodily process body process

Type Of (IsA)

bodily function event bodily process event making facial expression

Part Of

growing up life sadness

Receives Action

accompanied by tears

Related Terms

action attention censure cry rebuke

Similar Terms

conspicuous imperative

Synonym Network

egregious insistent

Used For

releasing sadness

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.