weepie

[wee-pee]

noun

British Informal.

1. a tearjerker; weeper.

Word History and Origins

Origin of weepie¹

First recorded in 1925–30; weep ¹ + -ie

Example Sentences

Perhaps for having acted before in Kogonada’s 2021 AI weepie “After Yang,” Farrell fares better.

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He noted how there were "giant laughs for Hugh Grant" but that the "weepie sequel is strangely dazed".

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But nobody really knew to ask for her by name until her turn as the main character’s grifty mother in the 2004 Clint Eastwood boxing weepie “Million Dollar Baby.”

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Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield elevate this weepie directed by John Crowley, but the movie’s jumbled timeline distances you from their anguish.

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In the run-up to the release of the twisty weepie “We Live in Time,” A24 released a promotional picture of its main characters, played by Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield, enjoying a carousel ride together, their giddy pleasure overshadowed by the presence of a golden, bug-eyed and, from the look of things, demonically possessed merry-go-round horse in the foreground of the photo.

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