WEEP Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

weep

verb

ˈwēp

Definition of weep

as in to drip

to flow forth slowly through small openings water weeping through the basement wall

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as in to cry

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 weep Clancy, 35, wept at the defense table as ex-husband Patrick Clancy and other witnesses testified last week about the killings. — ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026 Maxwell, a fiction editor at The New Yorker, drew upon his own awed discovery of France in 1948; the novel’s opening paragraphs show one of the protagonists weeping at the sight of the French shore. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026 Mourners weep over the body of a Palestinian man who was killed on Friday. — Reuters, NBC news, 24 July 2026 Jean walked down to the pier near her house, stood by the water and wept. — Juliet Linderman, Fortune, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for weep

Recent Examples of Synonyms for weep

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Sunburned in my memory was the wall of belts, cuffs and chokers dripping gloriously in silver studs.

— Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Despite the flow of cold air from the gap in the doorjamb, every first-floor window dripped with condensation.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of drip

Verb

Ellison was found lying on her bed after her roommates first discovered her 13-month-old child crying on a couch in the living room, according to Glowacz’s arrest report.

— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026
When Maybelle Blair, seated like a queen in a wheelchair, threw a ceremonial opening pitch on a misty August night, there might have been some crying in baseball.

— Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of cry

Verb

Unexpected bleeding, including bleeding after menopause, should be discussed with a clinician.

— Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 13 Aug. 2026
Deal of the Week Swiss biotech Vaderis Therapeutics raised $152 million from Goldman Sachs Alternatives and TCGX, among others, to run late-stage trials on its potential therapy for a rare bleeding disorder.

— Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of bleed

Verb

Clancy was heard loudly sobbing during the graphic testimony about the injuries to her children's bodies.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026
Judge William Sullivan sent the jury out of the courtroom twice Wednesday afternoon as Clancy sobbed loudly during testimony about her children.

— Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of sob

Verb

According to regulators, the investments all flowed through Spaventa.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
Using the streams as indicators of the groundwater flowing beneath them, Campbell is building a model to identify the best potential sites in Idaho for a subsurface dam.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of flow

Verb

The Michelin Key retreat named for the patron saint of music simmers with classic ’60s and ’70s energy, exuding the era’s powerful rock revolution with a lending library of vinyls, Rega turntables, and rock biographies.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Aug. 2026
The tech scion initially exuded confidence that Hollywood’s biggest merger in decades was on a fast track to completion by September.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026

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