Weeping

/ˈwiːpɪŋ/

Synonyms for "weeping" (162 found)

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Closest matches (33)

Noun(7 words)

crying blubber blubbering blubberscrying spellcryings drooping

Adjective(6 words)

automatic tearingcernuous dolorous dolourous droopingdutch traan

awash bathed bawling blubbering cascading cry crying dangling deluged dependent depending dippeddissolved in tearsdrenched dribbling drippingdripping wetdrowned

Verb(2 words)

blubberedburst into tears

Strong matches (48)

effusion engulfed excretion exfiltrationexternal secretionextravasation exudation fallingfalling looselyfiltering filtrationfit of cryingflood of tearsflooded flowinggood crygreet hanging hung immersed

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in tearsinternal secretioninundated lachryma lachrymal lachrymose lachrymosity lacrimation lacrimatory lactation lamentation leaching lixiviation maceratedmelting moodmourning ooze oozing overflowedoverflowing eyes

Noun(3 words)

hanging lament lamenting

Adjective(3 words)

lachrymose noddingoccitan lagrima

Verb(1 words)

lacrimated

Adverb(1 words)

more continuous tearing

Related words (81)

pendent pending pendulant pendular penduline pendulous pensile percolating percolation permeated puling querulousready to crysaturated secernment secreta secretion seep seepage seeping

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sniveling soaked soakingsoaking wetsoaky sobbing sodden soggy soppingsopping wetsoppy soused steeped straining submerged submersed suspended swamped swinging teartear bottleteardrop tearfultearful eyestearfulness tears teary transudation waterlogged watersoaked weep weepiness weepy weltering whelmed whimperingwith eyes suffusedwringing wet

Adjective(9 words)

pendulouspersistent tearingprolonged weepingsteady tearingtearful teariestteary gazeteary lookwatery sauce

Noun(12 words)

pendulous sob sobbing sobstear staintearfultearful episodetearfulnessestearing uptears teary waterworks

Verb(2 words)

shed tearssheds tears

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

13 entries

activitybehavioral eventbodily functionbodily processbody processbotanical termcrying emotionemotional displayemotional expressionemotional statehuman behaviorplant description

More specific

10 entries

blubberingcrying personcrying spellsob sobbingsobbing childwailweeping cherryweeping fitweeping willow

Collocations

12 entries

bitter weepinggentle weepingquiet weepingsudden weepinguncontrolled weepingweeping branchesweeping cherryweeping childweeping eyesweeping foliageweeping treeweeping willow

Inflections

5 entries

more weepingmost weepingweepings weeps wept

Derivations

5 entries

weep weeper weepiness weepingly weepy

similar

2 entries

sorrowful unerect

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I cannot hear such a story without weeping.

Source: tatoeba (49761)

Oh my! Is she weeping for joy?

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We couldn't help weeping.

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People were weeping at the news of his death.

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