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cry for
verb
need badly or desperately
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This question cries out for an answer

• Syn: ↑cry out for
• Hypernyms:
↑necessitate, ↑ask, ↑postulate, ↑need, ↑require, ↑take, ↑involve, ↑call for, ↑demand
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s something

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cry for [phrasal verb]
cry for (something) : to need or require (something) very much

This problem is crying for a solution.

The old house is crying for a new coat of paint.

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Main Entry: ↑cry

Useful english dictionary. 2012.