Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

weeping angel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: weep-ing an-gel
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A being that can only move when not being watched by a person, usually hostile and depicted as a statue or other humanoid inanimate object.

Example Sentences

"I want to design a Weeping Angels Monster encounter for my players, but I am having some trouble."
"Just a brief overview of lethal company's weeping angel, the coil head"
"There will be 12 people and two of them are the Weeping Angels. The survivors will have blindness while the angels get night vision"
"Who is your favorite "weeping angel"? (Not limited to photos)"
"To date, the Weeping Angel is one of the most recognizable archetype in games and films."
"Would love to see how the devs could put their own twist on a weeping angel style enemy (only moves when you aren't looking)."

Etymology

From the name of the Weeping Angels in the Doctor Who franchise.

Inflected Forms

weeping angels (plural)

Antonyms

reverse weeping angel

Questions

What does weeping angel mean?: A being that can only move when not being watched by a person, usually hostile and depicted as a statue or other humanoid inanimate object.
Where does weeping angel come from?: From the name of the Weeping Angels in the Doctor Who franchise.

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