D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Crying

· Cry·ing · IPA /ˈkɹaɪ̯.ɪŋ/
01 a. Calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous; as, a crying evil.
  1. 1.
    Calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous; as, a crying evil.
    “Too much fondness for meditative retirement is not the crying sin of our modern Christianity.” I. Taylor.