Synonyms for weep
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1. weep

   Synonyms:
   cry, sob, bewail, lament, bemoan, deplore

   Antonyms:
   laugh

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1. cry, weepverb

   shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain

   "She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death"; "The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs"

   Synonyms:
   call out, squall, cry, shout out, cry out, holler, outcry, hollo, scream, yell, exclaim, shout, blazon out, call

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1. • Express Emotion

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1. weepverb

   Synonyms:
   cry, sob, shed tears

2. weepverb

   Synonyms:
   lament, bewail, bemoan

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1. weepverb

   Synonyms:
   sob, cry

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1. List of paraphrases for "weep":

   cry, crying, cries, weeps, mourn

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How to use weep in a sentence?

1. Albert Camus:

   Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery.

2. George Gordon:

   And if I laugh at any mortal thing, This that I may not weep.

3. Ella Wheeler Wilcox:

   Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone. For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own.

4. St. Louis:

   So do we, but for now, we wait ; we wonder ; and we weep.

5. Scott C. Holstad:

   seeing is believing they say and if boundaries are limitless are we? or is existence twofold and doomed before the sights are set and if so does God really weep for humanity and must we continue to seek sustenance through escapism and do sporting events in all their microcosmic glory refute the tenets of nihilism or should we simply accept and wallow in our ignorance unbearable lightness of being creatures who feelwhat -- I don’t know