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cry
To bring into a particular condition by weeping:
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  1. To bring into a particular condition by weeping:
  2. To sob and shed tears, in expressing sorrow, pain, grief, etc.; weep
  3. (Archaic) To beg for; implore:
sob
To utter with sobs.
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  1. To utter with sobs.
  2. To weep aloud with a catch or break in the voice and short, gasping breaths
  3. To weep aloud with convulsive gasping; cry uncontrollably.
bawl
To shout or call out noisily; bellow; yell
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  1. To shout or call out noisily; bellow; yell
  2. To weep and wail loudly
  3. To cry or sob loudly; wail.
blubber
To say while blubbering
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  1. To say while blubbering
  2. To sob noisily.
  3. To utter while crying and sobbing.
cry
To sob and shed tears, in expressing sorrow, pain, grief, etc.; weep
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  1. To sob and shed tears, in expressing sorrow, pain, grief, etc.; weep
  2. To shed tears, especially as a result of strong emotion such as grief, sorrow, pain, or joy.
  3. (Archaic) To beg for; implore:
howl
(Slang) To laugh heartily.
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  1. (Slang) To laugh heartily.
  2. To cry or wail loudly, as in pain, sorrow, or anger.
  3. To shout or laugh in scorn, mirth, etc.
keen
To wail in lamentation, especially for the dead.
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  1. To wail in lamentation, especially for the dead.
  2. To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry.
  3. (Intransitive) To utter a keen.
sob
To put or bring (oneself) into a specified condition by sobbing:
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  1. To put or bring (oneself) into a specified condition by sobbing:
  2. To weep aloud with a catch or break in the voice and short, gasping breaths
  3. To weep aloud with convulsive gasping; cry uncontrollably.
wail
To express grief or pain by long, loud cries
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  1. To express grief or pain by long, loud cries
  2. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
  3. To cry out in mourning or lamentation
yowl
(Intransitive) Utter a yowl.
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  1. (Intransitive) Utter a yowl.
  2. To utter a long loud mournful cry; wail.
  3. To say or utter with a yowl.
bleed
To draw off (liquid, air, or gas) slowly
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  1. To draw off (liquid, air, or gas) slowly
  2. To feel sympathetic grief or anguish:
  3. To cause (an illustration, for example) to bleed.
exude
To discharge or emit (a liquid or gas, for example) gradually.
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  1. To discharge or emit (a liquid or gas, for example) gradually.
  2. To diffuse or seem to radiate
  3. To pass out in drops through pores, an incision, etc.; ooze; discharge
leach
To subject to the washing action of a filtering liquid
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  1. To subject to the washing action of a filtering liquid
  2. To lose soluble matter as a result of the filtering through of water
  3. To cause (a liquid) to filter down through some material
ooze
To give forth moisture, as through pores
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  1. To give forth moisture, as through pores
  2. To flow or leak out slowly, as through very small holes; seep
  3. To seem to radiate
percolate
To pass or ooze through a porous substance
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  1. To pass or ooze through a porous substance
  2. To drain or ooze through (a porous substance); permeate
  3. To cause (liquid, for example) to pass through a porous substance or small holes; filter.
seep
To enter, depart, or become diffused gradually:
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  1. To enter, depart, or become diffused gradually:
  2. To leak, drip, or flow out slowly through small openings or pores; ooze
  3. To pass slowly through small openings or pores; ooze:
transpire
To come about; happen or occur.
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  1. To come about; happen or occur.
  2. To give off vapor, moisture, etc., as through the pores of the skin
  3. To cause (vapor, moisture, etc.) to pass through tissue or other permeable substances, esp. through the pores of the skin or the surface of leaves, etc.
transude
To pass through a pore, membrane or interstice.
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  1. To pass through a pore, membrane or interstice.
  2. To ooze or exude through pores or interstices, as blood serum through the vessel walls
  3. To pass through pores or interstices in the manner of perspiration.
distill
To remove, extract, or produce by distillation
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  1. To remove, extract, or produce by distillation
  2. To exude or give off (matter) in drops or small quantities.
  3. To cause or allow to fall in drops
dribble
To fall in drops or an unsteady stream, to trickle
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  1. To fall in drops or an unsteady stream, to trickle
  2. (Basketball) To bounce the ball on the floor with one hand at a time, enabling the player to move with it;
  3. To hit (a baseball, for example) so that it bounces slowly and low to the ground.
drip
To fall in drops:
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  1. To fall in drops:
  2. To be so soaked or filled with liquid as to have some trickle down or over
  3. To let fall in or as if in drops:
drop
To move or descend from one height or level to another:
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  1. To move or descend from one height or level to another:
  2. To let fall in drops:
  3. To write at one's leisure:
trickle
To move or proceed slowly or bit by bit:
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  1. To move or proceed slowly or bit by bit:
  2. To move, come, go, etc. little by little
  3. To flow slowly in a thin stream or fall in drops
Find another word for weep. In this page you can discover 32 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for weep, like: shed-tears, cry, sob, grieve for, cry, mourn, bawl, blubber, cry, howl and keen.

Sentence Examples

  • I want to weep for joy.

  • She sat with her head on his shoulder for a moment then began to weep softly.

  • Try to weep, nothing gives such relief as tears.

  • His reputation alone was enough to make most men weep when confronted.

  • He had absolutely nothing to weep about yet he was ready to weep.

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