Reverse Dictionary: WEEP

(also see CRY)

ADJECTIVES
► BAIRGIN’ much given to weeping noisily → 1866 Sc.
► BEGRAT tear-stained; disfigured with weeping → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BEGRATTEN ► BEGRITTEN ► BEGRUTTEN tear-stained, disfigured with weeping → 1776 Sc.
► BEWEPT drowned in tears; marked or disfigured by weeping → c1320 arch.
► BLETHERING ► BLOTHERING noisy, weeping → 1813 Eng. dial.
► BLIRTED tear-stained; swollen with weeping → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLUBBERT ► BLUBBIT tear-stained; disfigured by weeping → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► COLLACHRYMATE mingled with tears; accompanied with weeping → 1593 obs.
► ILLACHRYMABLE incapable of weeping; pitiless, unmerciful → 1623 obs. rare                                                                                                   
► LACHRYMABLE lamentable; meet for tears or weeping → 1490 obs.
► LACHRYMABUND weeping ripe, big with tears, with tears ready to fall → 1727 obs.
► LACHRYMAL pert. to tears; indicative of weeping → 1803
► LACRYMABLE lamentable; meet for tears or weeping → 1490 obs.
► LARMOYANT given to tears; weeping; crying → 1824
► LUGENT mourning or lamenting; weeping → 1656
► ONION-EYED having the eyes full of tears, as if from the effect of raw onions; ready to weep, tearful → 1606
► PLORATORY weeping, mournful → 1858

NOUNS
► BIRST convulsive weeping → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLEER what dims the sight; a trace of weeping → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLIRT a burst of weeping → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLUB a fit or spell of weeping → 1894
► BLUTHERING noise, loud weeping → 1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 GROT a weeping, lamentation → 1250 obs.
► ILLACHRYMABLENESS uncapableness of weeping → 1731 obs.
► ILLACHRYMATION a weeping or bewailing; excessive weeping → 1656
► LACHRYMALS fits of weeping → 1753
► LACHRYMATION the shedding of tears; weeping → 1572
► ROARING weeping, lamentation → 1772 Sc.
► ROARING MATCH a fit of weeping → 1824 Sc.

NOUNS – PERSON
► CROCODILE a person who weeps or makes a show of sorrow hypocritically or with a malicious purpose → 1595
► LACHRYMIST one addicted to tears; a weeper → 1620
► PLORABUND one that weeps much → 1623 obs.

VERBS
► BAY to weep loudly → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BEAL to cry, to sob, to weep → 1886 Eng. dial.
► BEBLUBBER to make swollen by weeping → 1620
► BEGREDE to cry about, to weep for → c1300 obs.
► BELLY to bellow; to weep loudly → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BELOOK to weep → 19C Eng. dial.
► BIRST to weep convulsively → 1825 Sc.
► BLARE to cry, to weep, to lament; to roar → 1839 Eng. dial.
► BLIRT to weep → 1910 Sc. & Ireland (Bk.)
► BLOB to weep → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLORE to cry; to cry out loudly; to weep → c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► BLOWTER to blubber; to weep effusively; to wail or lament with many tears → ?16C obs.
► BLUB to weep, to cry → 1873
► BLUBBER to weep, usually noisily, and with contorted face → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BOMBELL to weep → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOOHOO to weep or cry loudly, to bawl → 1843 Amer. dial.
► BOOL to weep in childish fashion; to drawl in singing → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BUBBLE to weep → 1920s UK sl.
► COLLACHRYMATE to weep or lament with, or in sympathy with others; to commiserate → 1593 obs.
► DELACRIMATE to weep → 1623 obs.
► DROP to weep → LME
 GREET to weep, to cry, to lament, to grieve → 725 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► LACHRYMATE to weep, lament, bewail → 1623 obs.
► LACHRYME to weep → 1490 obs.
► LERM to weep → c1530 obs.
► MAKE SHOWERS to weep → 1449 obs.
► MARTYR to inflict wounds or disfiguring blows upon; to mutilate; also, to disfigure the face with weeping → 1590 obs.
► NAP ONE’S BIB to weep, esp. for effect. i.e. to get one’s way, to put across one’s point → 1789 sl.
 PIPE to weep → 1797 sl.
► PIPE AN EYE ► PIPE ONE’S EYE to weep → 1789 nautical sl.
► PUT ONE’S FINGER IN ONE’S EYE to make oneself appear to weep by poking one’s eye; to weep, to cry, esp. foolishly or ostentatiously → 1447
► REAM to shout, to cry aloud, to bawl; to weep, to bewail, to moan; to talk wildly, to vociferate → 1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► ROAR to weep, to cry, usually, but not necessarily, loudly → 1741 Sc.
► ROAR AND GREET to weep, to cry, usually, but not necessarily, loudly → 1772 Sc.
► SEW THE EYES WITH RED THREAD to have red eyelids from weeping → 1888 Ireland
► SHOWER to weep, to shed tears → 1597 obs.
► SPLASH THE SALTIES to cry, to weep → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► SQUINNY to weep or cry; to fret, as a child → 1847
 TAKE A PIPE to weep → 1818 Sc. colloq., obs.
► TEAR to shed tears, to weep → 1810 Sc.
 TUNE ONE’S PIPES to weep or cry → L18 Sc. colloq.
► TURN ON THE MAIN to begin to weep copiously → 1837
► WATER-CART to weep, to cry → M19 sl.
► WATER ONE’S PLANTS to shed tears; to weep; to cry → 1542 jocular usage, obs.
► WET ONE’S WINKERS to weep → 1897 Sc.
► YAUL to howl; to bawl, to shout; to scream harshly; to weep → 1844 Sc. & Eng. dial.