weeping

1. 1.

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

   “I hate to hear the crying of a child”

   “she was in tears”

   Synonymscryingtears

   Broaderbodily process

   Narrowersnivelsobwailing

Other forms of weeping

plural

weepings·

comparative

weepinger·

superlative

weepingest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about weeping

What does weeping mean?

weeping means "showing sorrow". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in weeping?

weeping has 2 syllables: wee-ping. The stress falls on "wee". In IPA it is /ˈwipɪŋ/.

What is another word for weeping?

Close synonyms include dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, cernuous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is weeping a common word?

weeping is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.