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a
: one that weeps
b
: a professional mourner
2
: a small statue of a figure in mourning on a funeral monument
3
: a badge of mourning worn especially in the 18th and 19th centuries
4
weepers plural
: long and flowing side-whiskers
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Examples of weeper in a Sentence
The movie is a weeper about a single mother facing cancer.
Recent Examples on the Web
The weepers, as well as anyone who comes into contact with the Kid, are given a new understanding of the true sorrows and emotions that a heart can hold.
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Emily Temple
may 27, Literary Hub, 27 May 2025
The onset of a deep romantic bond proves as terrifying here as the apparent loss of love chronicled in past weepers.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2025
Our front yard swarmed with mourners, some weeping like children, others consoling the weepers, and the rest loudly reciting verses from the Quran, in memoriam to Uncle Usama.
—Mohammed Naseehu Ali, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
The track was reasonably dry and occasional weepers weren’t the only problem.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2023
Even if the rain abates, old asphalt is notoriously difficult to dry because of weepers — the moisture that collects under the surface and then seeps through the cracks after a rainfall.
—Greg Beacham, ajc, 26 Feb. 2023
Of course, Fender wasn’t singing about a Xanax habit in his 1975 weeper.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2022
Be warned that Homebound is a three-hankie weeper.
—Anupama Chopra, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Emily Temple
may 27, Literary Hub, 27 May 2025
The onset of a deep romantic bond proves as terrifying here as the apparent loss of love chronicled in past weepers.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2025
Our front yard swarmed with mourners, some weeping like children, others consoling the weepers, and the rest loudly reciting verses from the Quran, in memoriam to Uncle Usama.
—Mohammed Naseehu Ali, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
The track was reasonably dry and occasional weepers weren’t the only problem.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2023
Even if the rain abates, old asphalt is notoriously difficult to dry because of weepers — the moisture that collects under the surface and then seeps through the cracks after a rainfall.
—Greg Beacham, ajc, 26 Feb. 2023
Of course, Fender wasn’t singing about a Xanax habit in his 1975 weeper.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2022
Be warned that Homebound is a three-hankie weeper.
—Anupama Chopra, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Weeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weeper. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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