The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word WEEP which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Shed tears crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WEEP | 35 % | 4 |
| CRY | 25 % | 3 |
| WEPT | 24 % | 4 |
| SOB | 9 % | 3 |
| GRIEVE | 3 % | 6 |
| CRIED | 3 % | 5 |
| BAWL | 1 % | 4 |
Why may WEEP be the right solution?
"Weep" is the right solution because it is a synonym for shedding tears. When someone weeps, they are crying or shedding tears.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shed tears
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- tear
- tear up
- utter
- give
- reduce someone to tears
- pipe the eye
- ugly cry
- betear
- bawl
- beweep
- tear at
- move someone to tears
Crossword Answer definitions
WEEP noun- A session of crying.
- To cry; shed tears.
- To lament; to complain.
- (of a wound or sore) To produce secretions.
- To flow in drops; to run in drops.
- To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.
- To weep over; to bewail.
- A lapwing; wipe, especially, a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result WEEP
- Grieve
- Have a bawl?
- Shed tears
- React to a chick flick, maybe
- Respond to the end of "Titanic," I suppose
- Turn on the waterworks
- Blubber
- Tear up
- Emulate Niobe
- Get teary
More clues leading to the result CRY
- Shed tears
- Bawl
- Blubber
- "__ Me a River"
- Hue's partner
- React to spilled milk?
- Get blubbery
- Burst into tears
- Have a bawl
- Try to get things your way (if you're a three year old)
More clues leading to the result WEPT
- Grieved
- Reacted to a tear-jerker
- Mourned
- "Jesus ___" (shortest verse in the Bible)
- Broke down
- Sobbed
- Teared up
- Turned on the waterworks
- Whimpered
- Cried
More clues leading to the result SOB
More clues leading to the result GRIEVE
- Feel sorrow
- Mourn
- Show sorrow
- Shed tears
- Eat one's heart out
- Feel sorrow for a loss
- "For pleasures past I do not __ ...": Byron
- Lament
- Feel the pain of a loss
- Be heavy-hearted
More clues leading to the result CRIED
- Shed a few tears
- Broke down
- Had a bawl
- Ruined one's mascara, maybe
- Sobbed
- Reacted to a tearjerker
- Wept
- Uttered loudly
- Reacted to a sliced onion's fumes
- Sang the blues