Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

weeping

/ˈwiːpɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables: weep-ing
IPA: /ˈwiːpɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of weep

noun

Action of the verb to weep.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Their constant weepings kept us awake."
"For a man raised since birth to be strong, resolute, spare with words, and never to bow to the weepings and handwringings of the weaker sex, he had poured out his heart in that letter."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *wēpną Proto-West Germanic *wāpn Old English wēpn Middle English wepen Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge Middle English wepynge English weeping Inherited from Middle English wepynge.

Usage

Inflected Forms

weepings (plural)

Phrases

come home by weeping cross weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth weeping angel weeping ash weeping birch weeping fig weeping oak weeping rock

Synonyms

cernuous drooping nodding pendulous dolorous dolourous lachrymose tearful

Rhymes With

keeping sleeping sweeping creeping leaping reaping peeping seeping beeping heaping safekeeping bleeping

Questions

How do you pronounce weeping?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwiːpɪŋ/.
What does weeping mean?: present participle and gerund of weep
Where does weeping come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *wēpną Proto-West Germanic *wāpn Old English wēpn Middle English wepen Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge Middle English wepynge English weeping Inherited from Middle English wepynge.

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