The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cry \Cry\ (kr[imac]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cried (kr[imac]d);
   p. pr. & vb. n. Crying.] [F. crier, cf. L. quiritare to
   raise a plaintive cry, scream, shriek, perh. fr. queri to
   complain; cf. Skr. cvas to pant, hiss, sigh. Cf. Quarrel a
   brawl, Querulous.]
   1. To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently
      or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to
      pray; to implore.
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            And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud
            voice.                                -- Matt.
                                                  xxvii. 46.
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            Clapping their hands, and crying with loud voice.
                                                  --Shak.
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            Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto
            thee.                                 -- Ps. xxviii.
                                                  2.
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            The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness,
            Prepare ye the way of the Lord.       --Is. xl. 3.
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            Some cried after him to return.       --Bunyan.
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   2. To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain,
      grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears;
      to bawl, as a child.
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            Ye shall cry for sorrow of heart.     --Is. lxv. 14.
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            I could find it in my heart to disgrace my man's
            apparel and to cry like a woman.      --Shak.
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   3. To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.
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            The young ravens which cry.           --Ps. cxlvii.
                                                  9.
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            In a cowslip's bell I lie
            There I couch when owls do cry.       --Shak.
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   To cry on or To cry upon, to call upon the name of; to
      beseech. "No longer on Saint Denis will we cry." --Shak.

   To cry out.
      (a) To exclaim; to vociferate; to scream; to clamor.
      (b) To complain loudly; to lament.

   To cry out against, to complain loudly of; to censure; to
      blame.

   To cry out on or To cry out upon, to denounce; to
      censure. "Cries out upon abuses." --Shak.

   To cry to, to call on in prayer; to implore.

   To cry you mercy, to beg your pardon. "I cry you mercy,
      madam; was it you?" --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Crying \Cry"ing\, a.
   Calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous;
   as, a crying evil.
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         Too much fondness for meditative retirement is not the
         crying sin of our modern Christianity.   --I. Taylor.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

crying
    adj 1: demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need";
           "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"-
           H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" [syn:
           clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant]
    2: conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a
       crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of
       human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross
       injustice"; "rank treachery" [syn: crying(a), egregious,
       flagrant, glaring, gross, rank]
    n 1: the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs
         or other inarticulate sounds); "I hate to hear the crying
         of a child"; "she was in tears" [syn: crying, weeping,
         tears]