Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: weeping
IPA transcription: [w'ipɪŋ]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping
    Meaning: showing sorrow
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: crying, weeping, tears
    Meaning: the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds); "I hate to hear the crying of a child"; "she was in tears"
Usage examples
  • She was weeping as I spoke.
  • "Mary, are you weeping?" she asked.
  • My heart swelled, and suddenly I was weeping.
  • "It was the voice of a weeping woman you heard.
  • I don't want a scene of kissing and weeping on the platform.
  • All the city was shrouded in gloom, and everywhere was weeping and crying.
  • "But why is it weeping?" Mitya persisted stupidly, "why are its little arms bare?
  • "Poor Richard, poor Richard!" she wailed, caressing his hand and weeping over it.
  • Weeping, the blind youth felt his way to the giant's house, and told him all the story.
  • They went to bed and slept soundly, and the next morning the father departed, weeping bitterly.