What is "weeping" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does weeping mean in English? Meaning of weeping definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "weeping" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "weeping": the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)

Noun

  • Meaning: the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
  • Example: I hate to hear the crying of a child she was in tears
  • Synonyms: crying tears weeping
  • Hyponyms: bawling snivel sniveling sob sobbing wailing
  • Hypernyms: activity bodily function bodily process body process
  • Meaning of "weeping": showing sorrow

    Adjective

  • Meaning: showing sorrow
  • Synonyms: dolorous dolourous lachrymose tearful weeping
  • Similar: sorrowful
  • Meaning of "weeping": having branches or flower heads that bend downward

    Adjective

  • Meaning: having branches or flower heads that bend downward
  • Example: nodding daffodils the pendulous branches of a weeping willow lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers
  • Synonyms: cernuous drooping nodding pendulous weeping
  • Similar: unerect
  • Synonyms:

    teary, wailing, sobbing, blubbering, tearful, weepy, teary-eyed, howling, grievous, mournful, sad, sorrowful, nodding, pendulous, cernuous,

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    weeping in English: weeping
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