Weep

//wiːp//

Synonyms for "weep" (154 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (31)

Noun(1 words)
drip loss

Strong matches (46)

Verb(1 words)
greet

Related words (77)

Noun(1 words)
purge

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

3 entries

More specific

5 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

2 entries

coordinate

1 entries

derived

12 entries

has context

2 entries

related to

15 entries

similar

1 entries

Translations

196 translations across 129 languages.

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Adyghe

1 entries
  • гъын verb (to cry, shed tears)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • huil verb (to cry, shed tears)

Albanian

1 entries
  • qaj verb (to cry, shed tears)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • δακρύω verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • κλαίω verb (to cry, shed tears)

Arabic

2 entries
  • بَكَى verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • يَبْكِي verb (to cry, shed tears)

Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܒܟܐ verb (to cry, shed tears)

Armenian

2 entries
  • լալ verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • լաց լինել verb (to cry, shed tears)

Aromanian

3 entries
  • lãcrimedz verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • lãcãrmedz verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • plãngu verb (to cry, shed tears)

Asturian

1 entries
  • llorar verb (to cry, shed tears)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • ağlamaq verb (to cry, shed tears)

Balinese

1 entries
  • ngeling verb (to cry, shed tears)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • илау verb (to cry, shed tears)

Basque

1 entries
  • negar egin verb (to cry, shed tears)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • пла́каць verb (to cry, shed tears)

Bengali

3 entries
  • কাঁদা verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • কান্দা verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • ক্রন্দন করা verb (to cry, shed tears)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • пла́ча verb (to cry, shed tears)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ငို verb (to cry, shed tears)

Catalan

1 entries
  • plorar verb (to cry, shed tears)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • گریان verb (to cry, shed tears)

Chechen

1 entries
  • делха verb (to cry, shed tears)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎠᏦᏱᎭ verb (to cry, shed tears)

Cheyenne

1 entries
  • a'xaame verb (to cry, shed tears)

Chinese

3 entries
  • кў verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • 吼 verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • 哭 verb (to cry, shed tears)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 哭 verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • 喊 verb (to cry, shed tears)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 哭 verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • 抽泣 verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • 泣 verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • 流淚 /流泪 verb (to cry, shed tears)

Coptic

1 entries
  • ⲣⲓⲙⲉ verb (to cry, shed tears)

Czech

2 entries
  • brečet verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • plakat verb (to cry, shed tears)

Danish

1 entries
  • græde verb (to cry, shed tears)

Drung

1 entries
  • ngeu verb (to cry, shed tears)

Dutch

3 entries
  • huilen verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • schreien verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • wenen verb (to cry, shed tears)

Eastern Cham

1 entries
  • ꨨꨳꨩ verb (to cry, shed tears)

Eastern Min Chinese

2 entries
  • 啼 verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • 啼嘛 verb (to cry, shed tears)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • r-m-D9 verb (to cry, shed tears)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • larmi verb (to cry, shed tears)

Estonian

2 entries
  • nutma verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • nuuksuma verb (to cry, shed tears)

Even

1 entries
  • хоӈ verb (to cry, shed tears)

Evenki

1 entries
  • соңо verb (to cry, shed tears)

Fijian

1 entries
  • tagica verb (to cry, shed tears)

Finnish

2 entries
  • itkeä verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • kyynelehtiä verb (to cry, shed tears)

French

1 entries
  • pleurer verb (to cry, shed tears)

Friulian

2 entries
  • lagrimâ verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • vaî verb (to cry, shed tears)

Galician

3 entries
  • bagoar verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • chorar verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • lagrimexar verb (to cry, shed tears)

Gallo

1 entries
  • breur' verb (to cry, shed tears)

Gan Chinese

2 entries
  • 叫 verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • 哭 verb (to cry, shed tears)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ტირილი verb (to cry, shed tears)

German

1 entries
  • weinen verb (to cry, shed tears)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 verb (to cry, shed tears)

Greek

1 entries
  • κλαίω verb (to cry, shed tears)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 叫 verb (to cry, shed tears)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • בָּכָה verb (to cry, shed tears)

Hindi

1 entries
  • रोना verb (to cry, shed tears)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • könnyezik verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • sír verb (to cry, shed tears)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • gráta verb (to cry, shed tears)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • menangis verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • tangis verb (to cry, shed tears)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • itkiä verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • ulissa verb (to cry, shed tears)

Ingush

1 entries
  • велха verb (to cry, shed tears)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • lacrimar verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • plorar verb (to cry, shed tears)

Irish

2 entries
  • caoin verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • goil verb (to cry, shed tears)

Italian

3 entries
  • lacrimare verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • piangere verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • versare lacrime verb (to cry, shed tears)

Japanese

3 entries
  • しくしく泣く verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • すすり泣く verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • 泣く verb (to cry, shed tears)

Jin Chinese

1 entries
  • 哭 verb (to cry, shed tears)

Kabardian

1 entries
  • гъын verb (to cry, shed tears)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries
  • txora verb (to cry, shed tears)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • уульх verb (to cry, shed tears)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • жылау verb (to cry, shed tears)

Khmer

1 entries
  • យំ verb (to cry, shed tears)

Korean

1 entries
  • 울다 verb (to cry, shed tears)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • ыйлоо verb (to cry, shed tears)

Lao

2 entries
  • ກຳສວນ verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • ຍົມ verb (to cry, shed tears)

Latin

2 entries
  • fleō verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • lacrimō verb (to cry, shed tears)

Latvian

1 entries
  • raudāt verb (to cry, shed tears)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • raudoti verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • verkti verb (to cry, shed tears)

Lombard

2 entries
  • piang verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • piangg verb (to cry, shed tears)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • kräischen verb (to cry, shed tears)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • плаче verb (to cry, shed tears)

Malay

2 entries
  • menangis verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • tangis verb (to cry, shed tears)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • കരയുക verb (to cry, shed tears)

Maltese

1 entries
  • beka verb (to cry, shed tears)

Middle English

1 entries
  • wepen verb (to cry, shed tears)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • уйлах verb (to cry, shed tears)

Mpade

1 entries
  • swe verb (to cry, shed tears)

Māori

4 entries
  • rurutu verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • rutu verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • tangitangi verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • taurere verb (to cry, shed tears)

Nahuatl

1 entries
  • chocaya verb (to cry, shed tears)

Nanai

1 entries
  • сонго verb (to cry, shed tears)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • chiagne verb (to cry, shed tears)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • girîn verb (to cry, shed tears)

Northern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 啼 verb (to cry, shed tears)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • gråte verb (to cry, shed tears)

Nǀuu

3 entries
  • kxʼaa verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • tsʼaxamǃqhaake dyaqn verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • tsʼaxamǃqhaake jaqn verb (to cry, shed tears)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • mawi verb (to cry, shed tears)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries
  • плакати verb (to cry, shed tears)

Old East Slavic

1 entries
  • плакати verb (to cry, shed tears)

Old English

1 entries
  • grēotan verb (to cry, shed tears)

Oromo

1 entries
  • boo'uu verb (to cry, shed tears)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • آغلامق verb (to cry, shed tears)

Pacoh

1 entries
  • nhiêm verb (to cry, shed tears)

Paicî

1 entries
  • kââ verb (to cry, shed tears)

Persian

2 entries
  • گریستن verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • گریه کردن verb (to cry, shed tears)

Polish

2 entries
  • płakać verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • szlochać verb (to cry, shed tears)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • chorar verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • lacrimejar verb (to cry, shed tears)

Romanian

2 entries
  • lăcrima verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • plânge verb (to cry, shed tears)

Russian

3 entries
  • лить слёзы verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • пла́кать verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • рыда́ть verb (to cry, shed tears)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • रोदिति verb (to cry, shed tears)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • caoin verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • guil verb (to cry, shed tears)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • jecati verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • plȁkati verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • пла̏кати verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • јецати verb (to cry, shed tears)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • අඬනවා verb (to cry, shed tears)

Slovak

1 entries
  • plakať verb (to cry, shed tears)

Slovene

1 entries
  • jokati verb (to cry, shed tears)

Sotho

1 entries
  • lla verb (to cry, shed tears)

Spanish

3 entries
  • lacrimar verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • lagrimar verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • llorar verb (to cry, shed tears)

Swedish

2 entries
  • grina verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • gråta verb (to cry, shed tears)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • humagulgol verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • humagulhol verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • lumuha verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • umiyak verb (to cry, shed tears)

Tajik

2 entries
  • геристан verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • герйе кардан verb (to cry, shed tears)

Tamil

1 entries
  • அழு verb (to cry, shed tears)

Tatar

1 entries
  • еларга verb (to cry, shed tears)

Telugu

1 entries
  • ఏడ్చు verb (to cry, shed tears)

Thai

2 entries
  • ร่ำไห้ verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • ร้องไห้ verb (to cry, shed tears)

Turkish

1 entries
  • ağlamak verb (to cry, shed tears)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • aglamak verb (to cry, shed tears)

Ugaritic

2 entries
  • 𐎁𐎋𐎊 verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • 𐎄𐎎𐎓 verb (to cry, shed tears)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • пла́кати verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • реві́ти verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • рида́ти verb (to cry, shed tears)
  • схли́пувати verb (to cry, shed tears)

Urdu

1 entries
  • رونا verb (to cry, shed tears)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • yigʻlamoq verb (to cry, shed tears)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • khóc verb (to cry, shed tears)

Võro

1 entries
  • ikma verb (to cry, shed tears)

Woiwurrung

1 entries
  • eb-ngoling verb (to cry, shed tears)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 哭 verb (to cry, shed tears)

Xiang Chinese

1 entries
  • 哭 verb (to cry, shed tears)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • וויינען verb (to cry, shed tears)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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To weep is to make less the depth of grief.

Source: tatoeba (19559)

I weep for my lost youth.

Source: tatoeba (31344)

There wasn’t a single person who didn’t weep after hearing that story.

Source: tatoeba (43256)

As soon as she heard the news, she began to weep.

Source: tatoeba (50075)

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