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. 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.

2. Oscar Wilde, "De Profundis":

   ... Nature, whose sweet rains fall of just and unjust alike, will have clefts in the rocks where I may hide, and secret valleys in whose silence I may weep undetected. She will hang the night with stars so that I may walk abroad in the darkness without stumbling, and send the wind over my footprints so that none may track me to my hurt: she will cleanse me in great waters, and with bitter herbs make me whole.

3. San Francisco:

   I have never witnessed a human being as humble, as kind, as sweet, as pure of heart that I've ever met in my entire life. san Francisco was a breath of fresh air to me to weep as much as I could.

4. Horace:

   If you wish me to weep, you must mourn first yourself.

5. Michelle Christie:

   When you have characters in costume and they're all with all their friends who had a hearing loss, they felt like they belonged, i remember just looking at the audience a lot and seeing parents just weep. They're just so happy to see that their child can do this.