weep
verb [I or T] (CRY) /wiːp/ (wept, wept) literaryDefinition
C2 to cry tears: People in the street wept with joy when peace was announced. She wept buckets (= cried a lot) when Paul left.Weeping and crying weep noun [S] literary › It might help you to have a good weep.Weeping and crying
(Definition of weep verb (CRY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bawl verb (CRY)
- blubber verb
- boohoo exclamation
- burst out laughing/crying idiom
- crocodile tears noun
- crumple verb
- cry-baby noun
- grizzle verb
- lachrymose adjective
- mist (sth) over/up phrasal verb
- misty-eyed adjective
- not a dry eye in the house idiom
- not know whether to laugh or cry idiom
- snivel verb
- tear noun 2
- teardrop noun
- weep buckets idiom
- weepy adjective
- weepy noun
- wept verb
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Weeping and crying
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