Word
cry for, v.
need badly or desperately
<verb.stative>
freq. cnt.: 1
freq. cnt.: 1
cry for
cry out for
sample sentences
"This question cries out for an answer"
verb frames
Something ----s something
verb frames
Something ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym
require, need, demand, take, call for, necessitate, involve, ask, postulate