| VERB | body | weep, cry | shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain |
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| Sounds | wiy'p | |
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| Rhymes | asleep ... upkeep: 22 rhymes with iyp... | |
| Meaning | shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | cry | |
| Narrower | bawl | cry loudly |
| snivel, sniffle, blubber, blub, snuffle | cry or whine with snuffling | |
| sob | weep convulsively | |
| tear | Fill with tears or shed tears | |
| wail, whimper, mewl, pule | cry weakly or softly | |
| Broader | express emotion, express feelings | Give verbal / verbal / verbal or other expression to one's feelings |
| Opposite | laugh, express joy, express mirth | produce laughter |
| Similar to | cry | Bring into a particular state by crying |
| Spanish | lagrimar, llorar, sollozar | |
| Catalan | cridar, plorar | |
| Nouns | weeper | a person who weeps |
| weeper | a hired mourner | |
| weeping | the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds) | |
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