What is another word for weeping?
Synonyms for weeping
ˈwi pɪŋweep·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
crying, weeping, tearsadjective
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
"I hate to hear the crying of a child"; "she was in tears"
dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, weepingadjective
showing sorrow
Synonyms:
pendulous, drooping, dolorous, lachrymose, cernuous, dolourous, nodding, tearfulcernuous, drooping, nodding, pendulous, weepingadjective
having branches or flower heads that bend downward
"nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers"
Synonyms:
sagging, lachrymose, dolourous, drooping, dolorous, nodding, cernuous, pendulous, flagging, tearful, droopy
Matched Categories
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#5529 | cry | |
#6542 | tears | |
#10209 | crying | |
#19478 | mourning | |
#23941 | weeping | |
#39571 | nodding | |
#41646 | flagging | |
#48791 | sagging | |
#65244 | tearful | |
#66239 | drooping | |
#83753 | droopy | |
#118791 | pendulous | |
#139273 | dolorous |
How to use weeping in a sentence?
All things are cause for either laughter or weeping.
Weeping bride, laughing wife; laughing bride, weeping wife.
The truth is, laughter always sounds more perfect than weeping. Laughter flows in a violent riff and is effortlessly melodic. Weeping is often fought, choked, half strangled, or surrendered to with humiliation.
Night after night, George held me weeping in his arms while I tried to explain my feelings, i almost wonder why he didn’t leave me.
Who never ate his bread in sorrow, Who never spent the darksome hours Weeping, and watching for the morrow,-- He knows ye not, ye gloomy Powers.
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