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weep
adverbs
openly
• Some of the mourners wept openly.
bitterly
(= crying hard )
• I heard the sound of a woman weeping bitterly.
quietly/silently
• He was weeping quietly, allowing the tears to run down his cheeks.
nouns
weep tears
• She wept bitter tears of self-reproach.
weep buckets
informal (= produce a lot of tears )
• I didn’t know if she would get well, and I wept buckets every night.
phrases
break down and weep
(= start crying )
• As she watched his plane taxi away, she broke down and wept.
weep and wail
(= cry and make loud sad noises – often used humorously )
• The baby wept and wailed all the way through the ceremony.
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verb ADV. copiously | loudly | quietly, silently | openly, unashamedly The people wept openly when his death was announced. | bitterly | inconsolably, uncontrollably His grandmother was weeping uncontrollably. | almost | a little VERB + WEEP begin to, start to | want to | make sb PREP. at He wanted to weep at the unfairness of it all. | for I felt I could have wept for joy. weeping for someone who has died | over We had wept over the death of our parents. | with She almost wept with happiness. PHRASES break down and weep Several of the soldiers broke down and wept. | weep and wail The mourners followed the funeral procession, weeping and wailing. | weep buckets (informal) (= weep a lot)
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