CRYING SHAME, A Definition & Meaning

crying shame, a

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An unfortunate situation, as in It's a crying shame that Bob can't find a job . This term may well come from the now obsolete to cry shame upon , meaning “express vigorous disapproval or censure,” current from about 1600 to the mid-1800s.

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Had not Haines seen men who had sold their unsuspecting delegates for cash to the highest bidder rise in the convention hall and in impassioned, dramatic voice exclaim in praise of the buyer, "Gentlemen, it would be a crying shame, a crime against civilization, if the chosen representatives of our grand old State of —— did not go on record in favor of such a man, such a true citizen, such an inspired patriot, as he whose name I am about to mention"?

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