crying need



crying need (for someone or something)

Fig. a definite or desperate need for someone or something. There is a crying need for someone to come in and straighten things out. All the people in that area have a crying need for a local hospital.
See also: crying, need

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
EsmeEZ-mayEnglish
FarrellFAHR-əlEnglish
Jacintohah-THEEN-to (Spanish), hah-SEEN-to (Latin American Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
WarcisŁAw-Polish (Archaic)
IsidoreIZ-i-dawr (English), ee-zee-DOR (French)English, French, Georgian, Jewish
WolfgangVAWLF-gahng (German), WUWLF-gang (English)German, Ancient Germanic