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weepy

[ wee-pee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, weep·i·er, weep·i·est.

weeping weep weeping or tending to weep; tearful; lachrymose.
Informal. sad or sentimental, especially to the point of causing one to weep:
a movie with a weepy ending.
exuding water or other moisture; leaky; seepy.

weepy

/ ˈwiːpɪ /

Origin of weepy¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; weep ¹ + -y ¹

“My character was only intended to be in the pilot, and started out very weepy and pining for Archer,” says Greer.

Newt Gingrich may talk a tough game, but in December the former speaker of the House got weepy when asked about his mother.

After discussing his political legacy, Bush talked about his family—and got weepy.

The tone is reminiscent of a weepy young girl used to being able to get her way.

Among a large group of younger fans, he will always be best known for his role in the weepy The Notebook.

We had a weepy dinner and Mom and Dad had each had a couple glasses of wine, which was a lot for them.

It had been on of those dull, weepy days when a sullen drizzle clouded sky and earth.

To a weepy-waily woman he would have offered the same courtesies, but she would not have drawn his thoughts in any manner.

"I'm not sure if I don't feel a little bit weepy myself," said Maisie Talbot.

Miss De Voe's life and surroundings were not exactly weepy ones, and when tears came they meant much.

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