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weeping - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | weeping |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | crying |
| Synonyms: | tearful, weepy, blubbering, howling, sobbing, teary, teary-eyed, wailing |
| Main Entry: | weeping |
| Part of Speech: | adjective2 |
| Definition: | dolorous |
| Synonyms: | grievous, mournful, sad, sorrowful |
| Main Entry: | weeping |
| Part of Speech: | adjective3 |
| Definition: | drooping |
| Synonyms: | pendulous, cernuous, nodding |
| Main Entry: | weep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cry |
| Synonyms: | bawl, bemoan, bewail, blubber*, complain, deplore, drip, grieve, howl, keen, lament, moan, mourn, snivel, sob, squall, wail, whimper, yowl, boohoo*, break down*, burst into tears, let go, let it out, mewl, shed tears, ululate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lament/lamentation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grief, complaint |
| Synonyms: | complaining, dirge, elegy, keen, lament, moan, mourning, requiem, sob, sorrow, threnody, wail, weeping, grieving, jeremiad, keening, moaning, plaint, sobbing, tears, ululation, wailing |
| Antonyms: | celebration, enjoyment, praise |
| Main Entry: | mourning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sadness, time of sadness |
| Synonyms: | bereavement, blackness, crying, darkness, grief, lamenting, languishing, weeping, woe, aching, grieving, keening, lamentation, moaning, pining, repining, sorrowing, wailing |
| Antonyms: | cheer, happiness, joy |
| Main Entry: | sorrow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme upset, grief |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agony, anguish, bad news*, blow, blues*, care, catastrophe, dejection, depression, distress, dolor, hardship, heartache, heartbreak, lamenting, melancholy, misery, misfortune, mourning, pain, rain*, regret, remorse, repentance, rue, sadness, suffering, trial, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, weeping, woe, worry, wretchedness, big trouble, grieving |
| Antonyms: | happiness, joy, relief |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tearful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crying, very upset |
| Synonyms: | distressed, dolorous, lachrymose, lamentable, lamenting, moist, mournful, pathetic, pitiful, poignant, sad, sorrowful, watery, weeping, weepy, wet, woeful, bawling, blubbering, blubbery, in tears, pitiable, sniveling, sobbing, teary, whimpering |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, happy |
| Main Entry: | complaining |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | objecting |
| Synonyms: | critical, discontented, grumbling, lamenting, malcontent, mourning, peevish, querulous, weeping, accusing, bellyaching, bewailing, charging, deploring, disapproving, dissenting, fretting, moaning, murmuring, protesting, regretting, repining, resentful, whining |
| Antonyms: | appreciating, enjoying, praising |
| Main Entry: | depressed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | discouraged |
| Synonyms: | bad, blue*, crestfallen, crummy*, dejected, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, dispirited, down, down in the mouth*, downcast, downhearted, fed up*, glum, grim, let down, low, low-spirited, lugubrious, melancholy, moody, morose, pessimistic, sad, sob story*, spiritless, unhappy, weeping, woebegone, bleeding, bummed out, cast-down, down and out, down in the dumps, dragged, hurting, in a blue funk, in pain, in the dumps, in the pits, in the toilet, low-down, on a downer, ripped, taken down, torn up |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, encouraged, happy, satisfied, comforted, unburdened |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhappy, depressed |
| Synonyms: | bitter, blue*, cheerless, dejected, despairing, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, distressed, doleful, down, downcast, forlorn, gloomy, glum, grief-stricken, heartbroken, heartsick, heavyhearted, languishing, low, low-spirited, lugubrious, melancholy, morbid, morose, mournful, out of sorts*, pensive, pessimistic, somber, sorrowful, sorry, troubled, weeping, wistful, woebegone, bereaved, down in dumps, down in mouth, grieved, hurting, in doldrums, in grief, in the dumps, sick at heart |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, glad, happy, joyful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | weepy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | crying |
| Synonyms: | lachrymose, tearful, weeping, blubbering, howling, sobbing, teary, teary-eyed, wailing |
| Main Entry: | tear/tears |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | droplets from eyes, often caused by emotion |
| Synonyms: | crying, discharge, distress, lamenting, moisture, mourning, pain, regret, sadness, sob, sorrow, water, weep, weeping, woe, blubbering, drops, grieving, lachryma, lamentation, sob act, sobbing, teardrop, wailing, waterworks, weeps, whimpering |
| Main Entry: | bawl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cry |
| Synonyms: | blubber*, howl, sob, squall, wail, weep, yowl, boohoo*, shed tears |
| Notes: | a ball is round object or a formal dance; to bawl is to cry loudly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bleed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause blood to flow |
| Synonyms: | drain, exude, gush, hemorrhage, leech, ooze, run, seep, shed, spurt, trickle, weep, open vein, phlebotomize |
| Main Entry: | cry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | weep and make sad sounds |
| Synonyms: | bawl, bemoan, bewail, blubber, caterwaul, choke up, complain, crack up*, deplore, fret, grieve, groan, howl, keen, lament, moan, mourn, regret, sigh, sniff, snivel, sob, sorrow, squall, wail, weep, whimper, whine, yammer, yowl, blub, boohoo*, break down, burst into tears, dissolve in tears, let go, let it all out, mewl, put on the weeps, ring the blues, shed bitter tears, shed tears, turn on waterworks |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deplore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regret; condemn |
| Synonyms: | abhor, be against, bemoan, bewail, carry on, censure, complain, cry, denounce, deprecate, disapprove of, eat one's heart out, grieve for, hate, hurt, lament, moan, mourn, object to, repent, rue, sing the blues, sorrow over, take on, weep |
| Antonyms: | approve, be happy, delight, praise, rejoice, revel |
| Main Entry: | descend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move down, lower a |
| Synonyms: | cascade, cataract, coast, collapse, crash, crouch, decline, dip, disembark, dismount, dive, dribble*, drop, fall, get down, get off, go down, gravitate, ground, incline, light, penetrate, pitch, plummet, plunge, set, settle, sink, slant, slide, slip, slope, slump, stoop, stumble, submerge, subside, swoop, toboggan, topple, trickle, trip, tumble, weep, cave in*, deplane, detrain, fall prostrate, lose balance, plop, prolapse, slough off |
| Antonyms: | ascend, increase, rise, go up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dribble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trickle |
| Synonyms: | distill, drip, drivel, drizzle, drool, drop, leak, ooze, run, seep, slaver, slobber, spout, squirt, trill, weep, fall in drops, salivate |
| Antonyms: | pour |
| Main Entry: | drip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drop, trickle |
| Synonyms: | dribble, drizzle, exude, filter, rain, splash, sprinkle, trill, weep, plop |
| Antonyms: | pour |
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