English-French translations for crying

• lacrimation
• pleur
  Par contre, quand il s’agit de la sécurité routière, ce n’est qu’une famille en pleurs par-ci, une autre famille en pleurs par-là. But when it comes to traffic safety, it is just one family crying here, another family crying there.
  Je crois que le Président de la Commission pleure sur les pots cassés. In my view, the President of the Commission is crying over spilt milk.
  J'ai parlé avec lui : "Ce n'est pas parce que j'ai peur de ton fusil que je pleure, mais sur toi qui es jeune. I told him: 'I am not crying because I am afraid of your machine gun: I am crying for you who are young.

Definition of crying

• That cries
• That demands action or attention
• That deserves rebuke or censure
• The act of one who cries; a weeping or shouting

Examples

• The crying child on the street was evidently lost.
• There is a crying need for more manual workers in this country.
• It is a crying shame that he managed to get away with that!
• Their constant cryings kept us awake!

Related words

• crying bird
• there's no point crying over spilt milk
• voice of one crying out in the wilderness
• a voice crying in the wilderness