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WEPT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for WEPT?

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Associations of "Wept" (30 Words)

Associations of "Wept" (30 Words)

bitterly	To an extreme, forceful, or particularly harsh degree. It was bitterly* cold.*
complain	Express complaints discontent displeasure or unhappiness. You never listen to me Larry complained.
cry	Bring into a particular state by crying. Before we had newspapers a town crier would cry* the news.*
dirge	A song or piece of music that is considered too slow, miserable, or boring. Singers chanted dirges.
disappointed	Sad or displeased because someone or something has failed to fulfil one’s hopes or expectations. I m disappointed* in you Mary.*
elegy	(in Greek and Latin verse) a poem written in elegiac couplets, as notably by Catullus and Propertius.
embitter	Make (someone) feel bitter or resentful. He didn t let illness and divorce embitter* him.*
gripe	Secure a boat with gripes. He seized me by the arms with a rude gripe.
howl	Make a howling sound. The howl* of the wind made him restless.*
lachrymal	A small bone forming part of the eye socket. That hysterical then lachrymal* then guilt ridden hour.*
lachrymose	Inducing tears; sad. She was pink eyed and lachrymose.
lament	A mournful poem a lament for the dead. He was lamenting the death of his infant daughter.
lamentation	A cry of sorrow and grief. Scenes of lamentation.
mourn	Observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one. She mourned for her friends who died in the accident.
mourning	State of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one. If he dies she ll put on mourning* but she won t cry.*
plaintive	Expressing sorrow. A plaintive* cry.*
resent	Feel bitter or indignant about. She resents being paid less than her co workers.
sad	Of things that make you feel sad Christina Rossetti. Her clothes were in sad* shape.*
screech	Make a high pitched screeching noise. He ducked at the screechings of shells.
sniffle	The act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested. He was restraining his sniffles rather well.
snivel	An act or sound of snivelling. Kate started to snivel* looking sad and stunned.*
sob	An act or sound of sobbing. He broke down and sobbed like a child.
sorrow	An event or circumstance that causes sorrow. A bereaved person needs time to work through their sorrow.
squawk	The noise of squawking. Her plan provoked a loud squawk* from her friends.*
squeal	Make a squeal. The girls squealed with delight.
tear	Fill with tears or shed tears. His story brought tears to her eyes.
threnody	A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person. A brooding threnody* to urban desolation.*
wail	Utter a wail. She wailed with pain.
whimper	A whimpering sound. He s not dead is he she whimpered.
whine	A feeble or petulant complaint. The dog gave a small whine.