- dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping - showing sorrow
Antonym: joyful (indirect, via sorrowful)
- 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"
--1 is a kind of bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
--1 has particulars:snivel, sniveling; sob, sobbing; wailing, bawling Derived form: verb weep1
- 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"
--1 is one way to express emotion, express feelings
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun weeper2, noun weeper1, noun weeping1
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