Meanings
plural weeping angels · alternative Weeping Angel
- fictionA being that can only move when not being watched by a person, usually hostile and depicted as a statue or other humanoid inanimate object.
Who is your favorite "weeping angel"? (Not limited to photos)
2025 January 30, theQuadron, “Who is your favorite "weeping angel"? (Not limited to photos)”, in reddit.com5 more examples
I want to design a Weeping Angels Monster encounter for my players, but I am having some trouble.
2022 June 9, treeman0013, “How would you design mechanics around a "Weeping Angel" Encounter”, in reddit.comJust a brief overview of lethal company's weeping angel, the coil head
2024 January 6, zesuvious, “Just a brief overview of lethal company's weeping angel, the coil head”, in reddit.comThere will be 12 people and two of them are the Weeping Angels. The survivors will have blindness while the angels get night vision
2024 September 29, ImNotBritish107, “New LTM: Weeping Angels”, in playhive.comTo date, the Weeping Angel is one of the most recognizable archetype in games and films.
2025 February 9, Anderson Jerome, “WEEPING ANGEL ENEMY ARCHETYPE”, in andersonjerome.comWould love to see how the devs could put their own twist on a weeping angel style enemy (only moves when you aren't looking).
2025 March 9, batterdale, “Weeping Angel style enemy”, in steamcommunity.comAntonyms: reverse weeping angel
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA being that can only move when not being watched by a person, usually hostile and depicted as a statue or other humanoid inanimate object.
Origin
From the name of the Weeping Angels in the Doctor Who franchise.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
weeping angel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weeping%20angel
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