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weeping angel en · NOUN

Etymology

From the name of the Weeping Angels in the Doctor Who franchise.

Meanings

1. A being that can only move when not being watched by a person, usually hostile and depicted as a statue or other humanoid inanimate object.
   • One of the creepiest enemy types in games and shows are the "Weeping Angel" style monsters. 2025 December 14, Shaun Fulton, “How to Make a Weeping Angel AI in Unreal Engine”, in Medium:
   • Would love to see how the devs could put their own twist on a weeping angel style enemy (only moves when you aren't looking). 2025 March 9, batterdale, “Weeping Angel style enemy”, in steamcommunity.com:
   • There will be 12 people and two of them are the Weeping Angels. The survivors will have blindness while the angels get night vision 2024 September 14, ImNotBritish107, “New LTM: Weeping Angels”, in playhive.com:
   • Just a brief overview of lethal company's weeping angel, the coil head 2024 January 6, zesuvious, “Just a brief overview of lethal company's weeping angel, the coil head”, in reddit.com:
   • Who is your favorite "weeping angel"? (Not limited to photos) 2025 January 30, theQuadron, “Who is your favorite "weeping angel"? (Not limited to photos)”, in reddit.com:
   • I want to design a Weeping Angels Monster encounter for my players, but I am having some trouble. 2022 June 9, treeman0013, “How would you design mechanics around a "Weeping Angel" Encounter”, in reddit.com:
   • How do you program a weeping angel for a game? I figure that you have to make a check whenever the model is in view (? Or making it check all the time wether it's in view or not, if it is it stops, if it not, it moves. For what I understand. 2025 August 24, The_Horse_Head_Man, “How to program a weeping angel?”, in reddit.com:
   • To date, the Weeping Angel is one of the most recognizable archetype in games and films. 2025 February 9, Anderson Jerome, “WEEPING ANGEL ENEMY ARCHETYPE”, in andersonjerome.com:

Forms

Antonyms

reverse weeping angel