Weep

Quick meaning: Weep is a verb meaning To lament; to complain.

Meaning

To lament; to complain.

More Meanings

1. To give off moisture in small quantities, e.g. due to condensation.
2. To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.
3. A session of crying.
4. A red or reddish liquid that seeps out from raw muscular meat during storage, consisting mostly of water and protein; "meat juice".
5. To cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To weep over; to bewail.

Example Sentences

They wept together in silence.

Sometimes you just have to have a good weep.

They weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.

Fair Venus wept the sad disaster Of having lost her favorite dove.

Word Forms

• weeps
• weeping
• weeped

Synonyms for weep

Depending on context, synonyms include beweep, cry, greet, wail, purge.

Antonyms for weep

Common opposites include laugh.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cry, bawl, lament, mourn, grieve, scream.

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