weeping

The word “weeping” has 2 syllables: weep-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈwiːpɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for weeping?

In the thesaurus, “weeping” has 162 synonyms and 59 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for weeping along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for weeping

aching
agonized
anguished
bawl
bawling
bemoaning
bewailing
bitter
black
bleak
bleating
bleeding
blubbering
blubbing
bowed
bowing
brokenhearted
careworn
cheerless
comfortless
crestfallen
cry
crying
dangling
dark
darkening
declined
declining
dejected
deploring
depressed
descendant
descendent
descending
desolate
despondent
dipping
dirgelike
discharging
disconsolate
dismal
dispirited
doleful
dolesome
dolorous
downcast
downhearted
dreary
dribbling
dripping
drooping
droopy
elegiac
elegiacal
emanating
emitting
exuding
falling
floppy
flowing
forlorn
funeral
funereal
giving off
gloomy
glum
gray
greeting
grey
grieving
groan
groaning
hanging
heartbroken
heartsick
heartsore
howl
howling
hung
inclining
inconsolable
joyless
keen
keening
lament
lamentable
lamentation
lamenting
limp
low
low-spirited
lugubrious
melancholy
mewling
miserable
moan
moaning
moody
morbid
morose
mournful
mourning
nodding
oozing
pathetic
pendant
pendent
pendulous
percolating
pessimistic
piteous
plaint
plaintive
plangent
puling
regretful
rueful
sad
sagging
saturnine
screaming
seeping
shriek
sighing
sinking
slumping
sniffling
sniveling
snivelling
sobbing
somber
sombre
sorrowful
sorry
springing
squall
squalling
stooping
straining
suffering
sullen
suspended
sweating
tearful
transuding
trickling
triste
unhappy
venting
wail
wailing
whimper
whimpering
whine
whining
woebegone
woeful
wretched
yammering
yelp
yowl
yowling

Antonyms for weeping

blissful
blithe
blithesome
bright
buoyant
cackle
cheerful
cheering
cheery
chortle
chuckle
delighted
ecstatic
elated
elevated
encouraging
erect
euphoric
exhilarated
exulting
flooding
giddy
giggle
glorying
guffaw
gushing
happy
heady
hopeful
inflexible
jocund
jolly
joyful
joyous
laugh
laughing
lighthearted
merry
mirthful
optimistic
pouring
raised
rapturous
rejoicing
rhapsodic
rhapsodical
rigid
smiling
snicker
snigger
stiff
streaming
surging
titter
triumphant
twitter
unbending
upraised
upright

Meanings of weeping

verb
1. To cry; shed tears.
2. To lament; to complain.
3. (of a wound or sore) To produce secretions.
4. To flow in drops; to run in drops.
5. To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.
6. To weep over; to bewail.
noun
1. Action of the verb to weep.

Example Sentences

She was weeping softly in the corner of the room.
The child sat on the steps, weeping after losing his toy.
A weeping willow stood near the edge of the pond.
He kept weeping long after the argument was over.
The sound of weeping echoed through the empty hall.

On this page you'll find 221 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to weeping, such as: aching, agonized, anguished, bawl, bawling, bemoaning, bewailing.

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