weep
/ˈwiːp/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy.
verb
To give off moisture in small quantities, e.g. due to condensation.
verb
To give off moisture in small quantities, e.g. due to condensation.
verb
To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.
noun
A sob.
Example Sentences
- "They wept together in silence."
- "They weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat."
- "a weeping spring, which discharges water slowly"
- "The blood weeps from my heart."
- "The willows weep and the moonbeams sleep / On the mariner's silent grave."
- "Fair Venus wept the sad disaster Of having lost her favorite dove."
Etymology
From Middle English wepen, from Old English wēpan (“to weep, complain, bewail, mourn over, deplore”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōpijan, from Proto-Germanic *wōpijaną (“to weep”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂b- (“to call, cry, complain”). Cognate with Scots weep (“to weep”), Saterland Frisian wapia (“to cry, complain”), Icelandic æpa (“to yell, shout”), Proto-Slavic *vъpiti (“to weep”).
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purge
beweep
burst into tears
cry
cry one's eyes out
greet
shed a tear
shed tears
squirt some
wail
weep