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Weep

🔄 Synonyms of "Weep"

1 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
crynoun	(intransitive) To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.

↔️ Antonyms of "Weep"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
laughnoun	(intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.
express mirthverb	produce laughter
express joyverb	produce laughter

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Weep"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
cryverb	(intransitive) To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.
cryingnoun	The act of one who cries; a weeping or shouting.
bawlverb	(intransitive) To wail; to give out a blaring cry.
lamentverb	(intransitive) To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
mournverb	(ambitransitive) To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
grieveverb	(transitive) To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
screamverb	A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, especially horror, fear, excitement, or anger; it may comprise a word or a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound.
cringeverb	(intransitive, figuratively) To experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear; (by extension) to feel very embarrassed.
sobverb	(intransitive) To weep with convulsive gasps.
notnoun	Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
blubberverb	(intransitive) (chiefly derogatory) To cry or weep freely and noisily; to sob.
criedverb	(intransitive) To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.
criesverb	(intransitive) To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.
mournsverb	(ambitransitive) To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
wailnoun	(intransitive) To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
boohoonoun	(colloquial, childish, intransitive) To cry, weep.
snivelnoun	(derogatory, intransitive) To cry while sniffling; to whine or complain while crying.
whimpernoun	To cry or sob softly and intermittently.
shed tearsverb	To emit tears from the eye, especially as an expression of emotion; to cry; to weep.
ululateverb	To howl loudly or prolongedly in lamentation or joy.