Meaning

1 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)Action of the verb to weep.

    Their constant weepings kept us awake.

More definitions
  • the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)

Origin

Inherited from Middle English wepynge.

Inherited from Middle English wepynge.

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Forms

plural: weepings
Singularweeping
Pluralweepings

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds):cryingtears

Word family

12 related words
Relatedweep
Derivedweeping angelweeping ashweeping birchweeping figweeping oakweeping rockweeping springweeping spruceweeping tileweeping treeweeping willow

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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