wept

Meanings

• Verb

  1. Cried out or shed tears.

  - "After losing the competition, she wept bitterly."
  - "The baby wept for hours, refusing to be comforted."

• 2. Past tense and past participle of weep.

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Pronunciation

1. /ˈwɛpt/
   
   
   
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Rhymes

Words rhyming with wept
kept , wept , swept , left , crept

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Variants

List of all variants of wept that leads to same result
weep , wept , weeping , weeps

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Forms

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wept, wepted, wepting

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Etymology

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Old English wepan, related to wep, a tear; akin to weepen to weep.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'wept' appears in the title of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel 'The Brothers Karamazov'.

2. In Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', Romeo weeps at Juliet's grave, believing her to be dead.

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Related Concepts

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1. Crying: A natural response to various emotional stimuli, characterized by the shedding of tears from the eyes.

2. Emotion: A mental response to a stimulus, often characterized by feelings of joy, sadness, anger, or fear.

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Culture

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In literature, 'wept' is often used to convey strong emotions such as sorrow, grief, or regret. In art, images of people weeping are common symbols of mourning and loss.

How to Memorize "wept"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine someone crying, with tears streaming down their face. Visualize the sound of weeping, the sobs and sniffles.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'wept' with the feeling of sadness or grief. Remember that it's the past tense of 'weep'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each definition: 'W' is for weeping, 'E' is for emotions, 'P' is for past tense of weep.

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