weep

Significat (English)

Verb

1. To cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy.
2. To lament; to complain.
3. To give off moisture in small quantities, e.g. due to condensation.
4. To give off moisture in small quantities, e.g. due to condensation.
5. To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.
6. (obsolete) To weep over; to bewail.

Noun

1. A session of crying.
2. A sob.

Noun

A lapwing; wipe, especially, a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).

Synonyms

cry

😢

sob

😭

lament

wail

shed tears

mourn

bewail

moan

blubber

whimper

bemoan

tear

scream

😱

bawl

weep aloud

snivel

droop

weeping

whine

burst into tears

cause to weep

tears

greet

howl

sadden

say

🗣️

shed

shout

shower

🚿

sing

sniffle

snuffle

sorrow

sound

🔉

sparkle

❇️

throat

throating

be careful

cry aloud

moan and groan

nasal mucus

trickling water

creepage

cry with sorrow

blubber out

water penetration

beweep

water percolation

to cry

drip channel

bitch

blub

boohoo

complain

creak

creep

cries

crying

cry out

deplore

dismal

distressed

dribble

drip

grieve

miserable

outcry

overflow

pay attention

pule

rage

😡

rue

run

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/wiːp/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from anglès mitjà: wepen

Inherited from anglès antic: wēpan

Cognate with escocès: wepe

Cognate with Saterfriesisch: wapia

Cognate with islandès: æpa

In summary

From Middle English wepen, from Old English wēpan (“to weep, complain, bewail, mourn over, deplore”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōpijan, from Proto-Germanic *wōpijaną (“to weep”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂b- (“to call, cry, complain”).
Cognate with Scots wepe, weip (“to weep”), Saterland Frisian wapia (“to cry, complain”), Icelandic æpa (“to yell, shout”).