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Synonyms for weeping

Grammar : Adj
Spell : wee-ping
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwi pɪŋ

Top 10 synonyms for weeping
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Définition of weeping

Origin :
  • Old English wepan "shed tears, cry" (class VII strong verb; past tense weop, past participle wopen), from Proto-Germanic *wopjan (cf. Old Norse op, Old High German wuof "shout, shouting, crying," Old Saxon wopian, Gothic wopjan "to shout, cry out, weep"), from PIE *wab- "to cry, scream" (cf. Latin vapulare "to be flogged;" Old Church Slavonic vupiti "to call," vypu "gull"). Weeping willow (cf. French saule pleureur, German trauerweide) is recorded from 1731. The tree is native to Asia; the first brought to England were imported 1748, from the Euphrates. Replaced cypress as a funerary emblem.
  • adj crying
  • adj dolorous
  • adj drooping
Example sentences :
  • If the boys had not appeared we might now be weeping in a melancholy row.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • Her eyes were red with weeping, and her hair was in disorder.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • She was too terrified to add her weeping to the wail of the wind—it would have been too ghastly.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • I pictured them in four separate heaps in the snow, all weeping.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
  • He was looking steadfastly at his grandmother and weeping piteously.
  • Extract from : « What Sami Sings with the Birds » by Johanna Spyri
  • As I was coming by the river I heard them weeping and wailing.
  • Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin
  • Brunhilde, weeping, walked out from her hiding-place among her sisters.
  • Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin
  • Camilla was holding her handkerchief to her eyes and weeping passionately.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Her face was hidden from his view, but Ralph could see that she was weeping.
  • Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens
  • Even her weeping and her sobs were stifled by her clinging round him.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
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