weepy

[wee-pee]

adjective

weepier, weepiest 

1. weeping weep weeping or tending to weep; tearful; lachrymose.

2. Informal.,  sad or sentimental, especially to the point of causing one to weep.

   a movie with a weepy ending.

3. exuding water or other moisture; leaky; seepy.

weepy

/ ˈwiːpɪ /

adjective

1. liable or tending to weep

noun

1. a romantic and sentimental film or book

Other Word Forms

• weepiness noun
• weepily adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of weepy¹

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

Example Sentences

Because his wife Nancy was in the house, he said, he played “My Valentine,” a weepy piano ballad anyone but Nancy probably would’ve gladly exchanged for “Junior’s Farm” or “Drive My Car.”

From Los Angeles Times

“It is elegiac, but it isn’t weepy,” John said of the film when he first scored it, never imagining the sudden tragic fate of his young friend.

From Los Angeles Times

Pictures of a weepy Rachel Reeves dominated the newspaper front pages and TV news after her tearful appearance at Prime Minister's Questions earlier this week.

From BBC

While I had my hair and makeup done in front of the hotel window overlooking the faux Eiffel Tower, with the Bellagio fountain going off every 30 minutes, I was weepy.

From Los Angeles Times

After Hulk Hogan’s first wife, Linda Hogan, posts a weepy video about how messed-up her family is, estranged daughter Brooke Hogan says she was raised with abuse.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• howling 
• teary 
• teary-eyed