Synonyms of weeping

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adjective

ˈwē-piŋ 

1

as in bowing

bending downward or forward

with its long, weeping fronds, this plant makes a nice ornamental

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bowing
• nodding
• bowed
• falling
• hanging
• descending
• dangling
• sagging
• hung
• drooping
• declined
• declining
• floppy
• stooping
• pendulous
• inclining
• droopy
• sinking
• descendant
• limp
• suspended
• pendent
• dipping
• slumping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• upright
• erect
• rigid
• unbending
• stiff
• inflexible
• elevated
• upraised
• raised

2

as in mournful

expressing or suggesting mourning

a weeping song about a long-lost love

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mournful
• funeral
• heartbroken
• wailing
• grieving
• bitter
• aching
• crying
• anguished
• tearful
• melancholy
• sorrowful
• sad
• agonized
• sorry
• plaintive
• unhappy
• lamentable
• doleful
• dolorous
• depressed
• regretful
• lugubrious
• rueful
• bewailing
• somber
• woeful
• funereal
• plangent
• deploring
• bemoaning
• dark
• bleak
• morbid
• dolesome
• keening
• disconsolate
• bleeding
• pathetic
• inconsolable
• darkening
• groaning
• elegiac
• moaning
• dejected
• miserable
• despondent
• downcast
• heartsick
• howling
• desolate
• forlorn
• dispirited
• moody
• suffering
• crestfallen
• woebegone
• careworn
• black
• gloomy
• bawling
• brokenhearted
• gray
• glum
• heartsore
• piteous
• dirgelike
• sullen
• morose
• downhearted
• cheerless
• wretched
• low
• comfortless
• yammering
• joyless
• pessimistic
• low-spirited
• saturnine
• dismal
• triste
• dreary

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• happy
• triumphant
• joyful
• laughing
• smiling
• delighted
• cheerful
• rejoicing
• bright
• cheery
• exulting
• joyous
• glorying
• cheering
• merry
• blissful
• buoyant
• jolly
• blithe
• encouraging
• mirthful
• hopeful
• optimistic
• lighthearted
• ecstatic
• rapturous
• giddy
• euphoric
• blithesome
• rhapsodic
• jocund
• heady
• elated
• exhilarated

weeping

2 of 3

noun

as in crying

Related Words

• crying
• sobbing
• whimpering
• whining
• blubbering
• sniveling
• wail
• lamentation
• groan
• yammering
• moan
• lament
• plaint
• shriek
• keen
• bawl
• whine
• cry
• whimper
• yelp
• yowl
• howl
• squall

Dissimilar Words

• laugh
• chuckle
• giggle
• cackle
• guffaw
• snicker
• titter
• twitter
• chortle
• snigger

weeping

3 of 3

verb

present participle of weep

1

as in dripping

to flow forth slowly through small openings

water weeping through the basement wall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dripping
• bleeding
• seeping
• flowing
• sweating
• oozing
• exuding
• percolating
• transuding
• straining
• trickling
• dribbling
• emanating
• emitting
• springing
• venting
• giving off
• discharging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pouring
• streaming
• flooding
• surging
• gushing

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crying
• sobbing
• blubbering
• screaming
• bawling
• grieving
• blubbing
• whimpering
• mourning
• whining
• lamenting
• groaning
• sighing
• howling
• wailing
• squalling
• greeting
• keening
• moaning
• sniffling
• sniveling
• bleating
• mewling
• puling
• yowling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of weeping

Adjective

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

Grieving parents and relatives gathered at the hospital, some weeping while others demanded answers about how the fire began and whether the nursery had adequate firefighting equipment. — Munir Ahmed, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

There’s an awful lot of weeping going on in the stands at the Fifty Something tour. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026

Verb

Tiafoe sprinted forward — not to his team, but to Alex Michelsen, who fell to weeping in his arms. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Many around the world looked in horror last month at images of a Ukrainian grandmother weeping as the body of her grandson was pulled from the rubble of his home following a Russian missile attack. — Marc A. Thiessen, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2026