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CRY FOR
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Need badly or desperately
Example:
This question cries out for an answer
Synonyms:
cry for; cry out for
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "cry for" is one way to...):
ask; call for; demand; involve; necessitate; need; postulate; require; take (require as useful, just, or proper)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
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