Weep
verb
To cry or shed tears because of sadness, pain or sorrow.
She started to weep when she heard the bad news.
Often appears as...
- weep openly
- weep with joy
verb
To exude water or other liquids, typically slowly.
The wound began to weep pus as it became infected.
Often appears as...
- wound starts to weep
- weep fluid
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To express feelings of unhappiness or sadness.
His voice wept with nostalgia as he told his story.
Often appears as...
- eyes weep
- heart weeps
Usage tips
Literary
verb
To cry or shed tears because of sadness, pain or sorrow.
She started to weep when she heard the bad news.
Often appears as...
- weep openly
- weep with joy
verb
To exude water or other liquids, typically slowly.
The wound began to weep pus as it became infected.
Often appears as...
- wound starts to weep
- weep fluid
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To express feelings of unhappiness or sadness.
His voice wept with nostalgia as he told his story.
Often appears as...
- eyes weep
- heart weeps
Usage tips
Literary
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Weep often indicates a deep level of emotion more intense than just crying.
After the funeral, he wept for hours.
Pro Tip 2/3Silent Sorrow
'Weep' can be used for quiet tears, not always loud sobbing.
In her room, she silently wept into her pillow.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Scenarios
'Weep' isn't only for sadness; it can express overwhelming positive emotions.
He wept with joy at his daughter's wedding.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Weep often indicates a deep level of emotion more intense than just crying.
After the funeral, he wept for hours.
Pro Tip 2/3Silent Sorrow
'Weep' can be used for quiet tears, not always loud sobbing.
In her room, she silently wept into her pillow.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Scenarios
'Weep' isn't only for sadness; it can express overwhelming positive emotions.
He wept with joy at his daughter's wedding.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Weep often indicates a deep level of emotion more intense than just crying.
After the funeral, he wept for hours.
Pro Tip 2/3Silent Sorrow
'Weep' can be used for quiet tears, not always loud sobbing.
In her room, she silently wept into her pillow.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Scenarios
'Weep' isn't only for sadness; it can express overwhelming positive emotions.
He wept with joy at his daughter's wedding.
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Video examples
A kinder, gentler...
just as the sun is starting to set, and the gap between my hopes for myself and the reality of my life starts to diverge so painfully that I normally end up weeping into a pillow. I'm mentioning all this -- I'm mentioning all this because I think this is not merely a personal problem; you may think I'm wrong in this,
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The poet who painted...
Those rearing clouds begin to neigh a whole universe of auricular cities. Listen if it rains while regret and disdain weep to an ancient music. Listen to the bonds fall off which hold you above and below." Each calligram is intended to allow readers to unchain themselves from the regular experience of poetry,
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Who were the Vestal...
The accused protested her innocence, but it wasn't enough. She was tried and found guilty. That Vestal's death was meant to protect the city, but Licinia weeps for what has been lost and for what she knows now. Her own path was paved by the death of another, and her life could be taken just as easily
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Why do we cry? The three...
The gas stings Iris, and suddenly, she can't help it, she starts weeping uncontrollably. These reflex tears are different from the basal tears that Iris is used to. Because they're designed to wash away harmful substances, or particles, they're released in much larger amounts,
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A day in the life of a...
But now the army is back to bury the dead with full military honors. As he helps in the task, he can’t help wondering whether the bones he handles belonged to someone he knew. Several times he wants to weep aloud, but he pushes on with the task.
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Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
and well done the toilet paper tree the African weeping wattle and is a very important tree our cheerful for shade it is browsed upon the pods will give you a bad tummy if you eat them and the shade element that it brings them and just in
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Karima Bennoune: The...
of this amazing show? And when we did, the whole audience collectively exhaled, and a few people actually wept, and then they filled the auditorium with the peaceful boom of their applause. And I remember thinking in that moment
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3 moons and a planet...
We announced to the world that we know what these streaks are. It's liquid water. These craters are weeping during the summer. Liquid water is flowing down these craters. So what are we going to do now --
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Search for Otters PIPE...
feet are totally wept they could almost be flippers so to think this might be the alpha male and female as to the team's footage will help Fernando to identify family members an important
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Rediscovering ourselves...
leaves and the withered petals and the waters from your fountain and the wind left and my soul wept and said what have you done with the garden that was
Video examples
A kinder, gentler...
just as the sun is starting to set, and the gap between my hopes for myself and the reality of my life starts to diverge so painfully that I normally end up weeping into a pillow. I'm mentioning all this -- I'm mentioning all this because I think this is not merely a personal problem; you may think I'm wrong in this,
Video examples
The poet who painted...
Those rearing clouds begin to neigh a whole universe of auricular cities. Listen if it rains while regret and disdain weep to an ancient music. Listen to the bonds fall off which hold you above and below." Each calligram is intended to allow readers to unchain themselves from the regular experience of poetry,
Video examples
Who were the Vestal...
The accused protested her innocence, but it wasn't enough. She was tried and found guilty. That Vestal's death was meant to protect the city, but Licinia weeps for what has been lost and for what she knows now. Her own path was paved by the death of another, and her life could be taken just as easily
Video examples
Why do we cry? The three...
The gas stings Iris, and suddenly, she can't help it, she starts weeping uncontrollably. These reflex tears are different from the basal tears that Iris is used to. Because they're designed to wash away harmful substances, or particles, they're released in much larger amounts,
Video examples
A day in the life of a...
But now the army is back to bury the dead with full military honors. As he helps in the task, he can’t help wondering whether the bones he handles belonged to someone he knew. Several times he wants to weep aloud, but he pushes on with the task.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
and well done the toilet paper tree the African weeping wattle and is a very important tree our cheerful for shade it is browsed upon the pods will give you a bad tummy if you eat them and the shade element that it brings them and just in
Video examples
Karima Bennoune: The...
of this amazing show? And when we did, the whole audience collectively exhaled, and a few people actually wept, and then they filled the auditorium with the peaceful boom of their applause. And I remember thinking in that moment
Video examples
3 moons and a planet...
We announced to the world that we know what these streaks are. It's liquid water. These craters are weeping during the summer. Liquid water is flowing down these craters. So what are we going to do now --
Video examples
Search for Otters PIPE...
feet are totally wept they could almost be flippers so to think this might be the alpha male and female as to the team's footage will help Fernando to identify family members an important
Video examples
Rediscovering ourselves...
leaves and the withered petals and the waters from your fountain and the wind left and my soul wept and said what have you done with the garden that was
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Joey Lauren Adams
American Actress
I want to feel passion, I want to feel pain. I want to weep at the sound of your name. Come make me laugh, come make me cry... just make me feel alive.
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Samuel Beckett
Irish Playwright
The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh.
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Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.
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Yoko Ono
American Artist
Bad stories are written about me because the press knows they can make me into a weeping dog and few people will object.
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William Cullen Bryant
American Poet
Weep not that the world changes - did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep.
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Lord Byron
British Poet
Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep.
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Jean Anouilh
French Playwright
One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose.
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Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.
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Dante Alighieri
Italian Poet
I wept not, so to stone within I grew.
Quote examples
Joey Lauren Adams
American Actress
I want to feel passion, I want to feel pain. I want to weep at the sound of your name. Come make me laugh, come make me cry... just make me feel alive.
Quote examples
Samuel Beckett
Irish Playwright
The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh.
Quote examples
Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.
Quote examples
Victor Hugo
French Author
Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.
Quote examples
Yoko Ono
American Artist
Bad stories are written about me because the press knows they can make me into a weeping dog and few people will object.
Quote examples
William Cullen Bryant
American Poet
Weep not that the world changes - did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep.
Quote examples
Lord Byron
British Poet
Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep.
Quote examples
Jean Anouilh
French Playwright
One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose.
Quote examples
Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.
Quote examples
Dante Alighieri
Italian Poet
I wept not, so to stone within I grew.
Example 1 of 10
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