Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun weeping
1 sense of weeping
Sense 1
crying, weeping, tears -- (the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds); "I hate to hear the crying of a child"; "she was in tears")
=> bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity -- (an organic process that takes place in the body; "respiratory activity")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb weep
1 sense of weep
Sense 1
cry, weep -- (shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain; "She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death"; "The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs")
=> express emotion, express feelings -- (give verbal or other expression to one's feelings)
Antonyms of adj weeping
2 senses of weeping
Sense 1
dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping -- (showing sorrow)
INDIRECT (VIA sorrowful) -> joyful -- (full of or producing joy; "make a joyful noise"; "a joyful occasion")
Sense 2
cernuous, drooping, nodding, pendulous, weeping -- (having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers")
INDIRECT (VIA unerect) -> erect, vertical, upright -- (upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright")
Similarity of adj weeping
2 senses of weeping
Sense 1
dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping -- (showing sorrow)
=> sorrowful (vs. joyful) -- (experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13)
Sense 2
cernuous, drooping, nodding, pendulous, weeping -- (having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers")
=> unerect (vs. erect) -- (not upright in position or posture)