Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of weep
plural weepings
- countableuncountableAction of the verb to weep.
Their constant weepings kept us awake.
1 more example
For a man raised since birth to be strong, resolute, spare with words, and never to bow to the weepings and handwringings of the weaker sex, he had poured out his heart in that letter.
2013, Peter McAra, A World Apart, page 14
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveshowing sorrow
adjectivehaving branches or flower heads that bend downward
nounthe process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*wēpną
- Proto-West Germanic*wāpn
- Old Englishwēpn
- Middle Englishwepen
- Middle Englishwepynge
- Englishweeping
Inherited from Middle English wepynge.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek κλαυθμός
- κλαυθμός (klauthmós)the act of shedding tears
Arabic بُكَاء
- بُكَاء (bukāʔ)the act of shedding tears
Bulgarian плач
- плач (plač)the act of shedding tears
Hungarian sírás
- sírásthe act of shedding tears
Latin flētus
- flētusthe act of shedding tears
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with weeping
All rhymes →Cite this entry
weeping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weeping
“weeping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weeping. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weeping,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weeping.
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