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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 2 votes

  1. weep

    Synonyms:
    cry, sob, bewail, lament, bemoan, deplore

    Antonyms:
    laugh

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. cry, weepverb

    shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain

    "She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death"; "The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs"

    Synonyms:
    call out, squall, cry, shout out, cry out, holler, outcry, hollo, scream, yell, exclaim, shout, blazon out, call

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. weepverb

    Synonyms:
    cry, sob, shed tears

  2. weepverb

    Synonyms:
    lament, bewail, bemoan

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. weepverb

    Synonyms:
    sob, cry

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "weep":

    cry, crying, cries, weeps, mourn

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How to use weep in a sentence?

  1. Henry Maudsley:

    The sorrow which has no vent in tears may make other organs weep.

  2. Baruch Spinoza:

    I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.

  3. George Gordon:

    And if I laugh at any mortal thing, This that I may not weep.

  4. Mother Teresa:

    Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity. The right to life does not depend, and must not be contingent, on the pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or sovereign. ...You must weep that your own government, at present, seems blind to this truth.

  5. Ella Wheeler Wilcox:

    Laugh and the world laughs with you Weep, and you weep alone For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own.


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