1
as in bowing
bending downward or forward
with its long, weeping fronds, this plant makes a nice ornamental
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2
as in mournful
expressing or suggesting mourning
a weeping song about a long-lost love
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as in dripping
to flow forth slowly through small openings
water weeping through the basement wall
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2
as in sobbing
to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress
the child was weeping over the death of his dog
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Recent Examples of weeping
Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
Pay close attention to someone who insists Kazuo Chujo had to burn; be on your guard to anyone who claims a Japanese mother’s eyeballs had to melt to spare an American mother’s weeping.
—Book Marks
september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2019
Ruby Falls’ also takes up less room because of its weeping habit.
—Boston.com Real Estate, 1 Oct. 2019
Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
Belania and Madeline spend a lot of the deliberation time weeping and refusing to vote.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
Other movies with fewer associated pop stars really need the boost of a weeping imperative.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
Pay close attention to someone who insists Kazuo Chujo had to burn; be on your guard to anyone who claims a Japanese mother’s eyeballs had to melt to spare an American mother’s weeping.
—Book Marks
september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
The weeping judges reached for the 10 paddles for a perfect score.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2019
Ruby Falls’ also takes up less room because of its weeping habit.
—Boston.com Real Estate, 1 Oct. 2019
Noun
Mourners embraced one another, some quietly weeping.
—Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
Belania and Madeline spend a lot of the deliberation time weeping and refusing to vote.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weeping
Adjective
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The atmosphere at Charlie Kirk's memorial in Glendale, Arizona, is anything but mournful.—
Amanda Castro
Mandy Taheri
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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So mournful the distant owl in Black Brooks.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Gucci is clearly embracing jewelry as the characters were dripping with huge pieces, including big ’80s-style earrings.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
23 Sep. 2025
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Something sticky was dripping out of the cabinet.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
21 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Daria spotted the crying woman from the consulate, now in a pink bikini and a green mesh coverup, waiting her turn to leap onto the beach.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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Fans are screaming, crying, planting flowers in the shape of a ‘T,’ and rearranging birthdays and baby deliveries just to be in theaters.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This show is equal parts feel-good and pass-me-the-tissues-because-I’m-sobbing.—
Nikki Sternberg,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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James O’Donoghue, a planetary scientist with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, likened our planet’s tilting phenomenon to a nodding head.—
Aylin Woodward,
WSJ,
21 Dec. 2021
Adjective
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Since the tragic incident, Zemfira’s dad Ruslan Mukhtarov created a GoFundMe to help cover funeral expenses.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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At the end of the service, a funeral procession carried Howard's casket, now draped in an American flag, south along Hickory Road.—
Liam Rappleye,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The assault left four members dead and numerous others physically injured, some from gunshots, others by smoke inhalation and still others gashed and bleeding from shrapnel and shards of glass.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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My nipples were bleeding and my breasts swollen.—
Ann Kellams,
The Conversation,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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No racist stereotypes, no demeaning facial expressions, no bowed heads, and no broken bodies from the old Hollywood.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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The composer also added synths to his orchestral score, as well as bowed metal, where a violin bow is rubbed against metal instruments like a cowbell or a Vibraphone, for when Roz has a particularly intense feeling.—
Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Weeping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weeping. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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