weeping

[wee-ping]

adjective

1. expressing grief, sorrow, or any overwhelming emotion by shedding tears.

   weeping multitudes.

2. tearful; weepy.

   a weeping fit.

3. tending or liable to cry; given to crying.

4. dripping or oozing liquid.

5. (of trees, shrubs, etc.) having slender, drooping branches.

weeping

/ ˈwiːpɪŋ /

adjective

1. (of plants) having slender hanging branches

Other Word Forms

• weepingly adverb
• unweeping adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of weeping¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English wepende. See weep ¹, -ing ²

Example Sentences

Ardvrek is said to be haunted by the ghostly figure of a man, and a weeping woman.

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AFP reporters in Dhaka saw people weeping in the streets while others looked shocked.

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"I was crying, I was weeping, I looked around at other people crying," Scotland fan Hamish Husband told BBC Radio Scotland's Lunchtime Live.

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The children carried on at full volume, a cacophony of shouting and taunting and weeping.

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Then she buried her head under a pillow, from which some sort of unidentifiable, repetitive, smothered sound—weeping? sneezing? giggling?—could be heard.

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