What is another word for unwept?

Pronunciation: [ʌnwˈɛpt] (IPA)

Unwept is a word used to describe something or someone who has not been mourned for, lamented or grieved over. This word can be replaced with other synonyms such as unmourned, unmoaned, untended, unshed tears, unacknowledged loss, unnoticed grief, unsung sorrow, and unremembered mourning. All these words share the same sentiment of lack of expression of sorrow or sadness. Typically, unwept is used in regards to a death, but it can also be applied to other types of loss that are not typically acknowledged. Regardless of which synonym is selected, they all convey the same somber tone of a lack of mourning.

Synonyms for Unwept:

What are the hypernyms for Unwept?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    lamented, tragedy, forgotten one, lamented one, neglected one, overlooked one, tragic event.

Usage examples for Unwept

He sinks lower and lower in the social scale; grows more and more a burden to others and a disgrace to himself; and at last ends a worthless and ignominious life in an unwept and dishonored grave.
"Practical Ethics"
William DeWitt Hyde
"Many 'Theresas'" says George Eliot, "have been born who found for themselves no epic life wherein there was a constant unfolding of far-resonant action; perhaps only a life of mistakes, the offspring of a certain spiritual grandeur ill-matched with the meanness of opportunity; perhaps a tragic failure which found no sacred poet, and sank unwept into oblivion.
"George Eliot"
Mathilde Blind
Mat O'Brien did not go unwept to his grave, in spite of his unsatisfactory life.
"Lover or Friend"
Rosa Nouchette Carey

Famous quotes with Unwept

  • Many brave men lived before Agamemnon but all are overwhelmed in eternal night, unwept, unknown, because they lack a sacred poet.
    Horace
  • That Spanish woman who lived three hundred years ago, was certainly not the last of her kind. Many Theresas have been born who found for themselves no epic life wherein there was a constant unfolding of far-resonant action; perhaps only a life of mistakes, the offspring of a certain spiritual grandeur ill-matched with the meanness of opportunity; perhaps a tragic failure which found no sacred poet and sank unwept into oblivion.
    George Eliot
  • When streams of unkindness, as bitter as gall, Bubble up from the heart to the tongue, And Meekness is writhing in torment and thrall, By the hands of Ingratitude wrung, — In the heat of injustice, unwept and unfair, While the anguish is festering yet, None, none but an angel or God can declare "I now can forgive and forget."
    Martin Farquhar Tupper

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