weep
Cry from grief
Weep means to cry, shedding tears from grief, pain, or strong emotion.
It sounds more literary than cry: She wept at the funeral.
Things that leak or ooze liquid also weep: The wound wept fluid.
A weeping willow has branches that droop downward like a grieving figure.
To weep for something is to mourn its loss.
Violent pulls apart
- sobbingConvulsive crying aloud
- wailProlonged mournful cry
- bawlCry noisily and hard
- sobConvulsive weeping
whimper · sniffle · snivel · blubber · mewl · cry · howl · lachrymose
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- lamentMournful expression of grief
keen · dirge · elegy · funeral · eulogy · condolences · memorial · grieving
Deep emotional distress
- sadnessState of emotional pain
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- despairTotal absence of hope
melancholy · woe · misery · heartbreak · distress · desolation · loneliness · regret
tears
Violent pulls apart
sob · whimper · sniffle · snivel · blubber · mewl · cry · howl · lachrymose · blubbering
mourning
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
lament · keen · dirge · elegy · funeral · eulogy · condolences · memorial · grieving · shiva
sorrow
Deep emotional distress
despair · melancholy · woe · misery · heartbreak · distress · desolation · loneliness · regret · remorse
seep
Flow slowly through
exude · ooze · discharge · secretion · moisture · damp · percolate · bleed · sweat · condensation
weepstoic
Uncomplaining endurer of hardship
repress · suppress · contain oneself · hold back · steel oneself
- weeping willowTree with pendulous branches
- read 'em and weepTaunt when showing winning hand
- weeping and wailing
- weep openly
- weeping cherryOrnamental tree, pendulous limbs
- weeping womanFemale figure in tears