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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a romantic and sentimental film or book
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈweepiness, noun
  • ˈweepily, adverb
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Other Words From

  • weepi·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of weepy1

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

"So that last afternoon in the studio was quite a weepy one... But then we went to Nando's. So it's all about balance."

From BBC

Nicholas Sparks has a talent for making you weepy.

From Salon

But “Runaway Train” the book is not some weepy expiation for past sins, a Hollywood reclamation job designed to kick-start a once-buzzy career.

“Palm Royale” cast members got weepy at an early table read simply being in Burnett’s presence.

Bradford titled his show “Tomorrow Is Another Day,” the cringey line spoken by Vivien Leigh’s weepy Scarlett O’Hara at the melodramatic close of “Gone With the Wind.”

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