English-Dutch translations for weep

• huilen
  Als we dat niet erkennen, dan huilen we hier met zijn allen krokodillentranen. If we fail to recognise this right we are all just weeping crocodile tears here.
  Misschien moet de Raad dan ophouden met krokodillentranen te huilen over het Ierse "nee". Perhaps, then, the Council should stop weeping crocodile tears over the Irish 'no'.
  Mijnheer de Voorzitter, dames en heren, de situatie is inderdaad om te huilen. Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the situation is certainly enough to make one weep.
• krijten
• schreien
• traanoog
• Wenen

Definition of weep

• To cry; shed tears
• To lament; to complain
• To produce secretions
• To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches
• A session of crying
• A lapwing; wipe, especially, a northern lapwing (''Vanellus vanellus''

Examples

• a weeping spring, which discharges water slowly
• Sometimes you just have to have a good weep.

Related words

• sweeper
• chimneysweep
• chimneysweeper
• sweep
• sweeping
• sweepstake
• weeper
• weepy
• minesweeper