WEEPER Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

weeper

noun

Definition of weeper

as in wailer

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Recent Examples of weeper But even the weepers are growing tired of carrying this weight. — Emily Temple may 27, Literary Hub, 27 May 2025 Be warned that Homebound is a three-hankie weeper. — Anupama Chopra, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 Of course, Fender wasn’t singing about a Xanax habit in his 1975 weeper. — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2022 The onset of a deep romantic bond proves as terrifying here as the apparent loss of love chronicled in past weepers. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2025 Such was the verdict that was handed down upon Anthony by his father, Dick, who was a boozer and a weeper as well as a baker. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025 Even if the rain abates, old asphalt is notoriously difficult to dry because of weepers — the moisture that collects under the surface and then seeps through the cracks after a rainfall. — Greg Beacham, ajc, 26 Feb. 2023 Diamond wrote this waltz-time weeper with Carole Bayer Sager, who beat him to the punch with her own recording; his version is haunted, hers downright macabre. — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026 Our front yard swarmed with mourners, some weeping like children, others consoling the weepers, and the rest loudly reciting verses from the Quran, in memoriam to Uncle Usama. — Mohammed Naseehu Ali, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024

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Michael Olise — France/Bayern Munich (-1) Unfortunate to slip here after technically registering his third assist of the tournament for Mbappe’s screamer, and curling a delightful chip off the Iraq crossbar following some very slick French interplay.

— Liam Twomey, New York Times, 24 June 2026
The 20-yard screamer deflected off keeper Luca Zidane’s fingertips and bulged the back of the net.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 17 June 2026

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