weeping

English

Pronunciation

enPR: wēpʹĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈwiːpɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -iːpɪŋ

Verb

weeping

present participle of weep

Noun

weeping (countable and uncountable, plural weepings)

Action of the verb to weep.
Their constant weepings kept us awake.
- 2013, Peter McAra, A World Apart (page 14)
  For a man raised since birth to be strong, resolute, spare with words, and never to bow to the weepings and handwringings of the weaker sex, he had poured out his heart in that letter.

Translations

the act of shedding tears

Greek:
Ancient: κλαυθμός m (klauthmós)

Latin: flētus m

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