crying, adj.
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
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crying egregious flagrant glaring gross rank
sample sentences
"a crying shame""an egregious lie"
"flagrant violation of human rights"
"a glaring error"
"gross ineptitude"
"gross injustice"
"rank treachery"
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demanding attention
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clamant crying exigent insistent instant
sample sentences
"clamant needs""a crying need"
"regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken
"insistent hunger"
"an instant need"
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