weepy

English

Etymology

weep +‎ -y.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwiːpi/
  • Rhymes: -iːpi
  • Homophone: weepie

Adjective

weepy (comparative weepier, superlative weepiest)

  1. Inclined to weep; tearful or lachrymose.
  2. (informal) Of a film or book etc.: full of tragic melodrama.
    • 2013, Tom Davies, Polly Garter's War:
      When Tomorrow Comes was probably some sort of weepy love story which always got him laughing like a drain, often leading to his physical removal from the one and nines.

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Noun

weepy (plural weepies)

  1. Alternative form of weepie

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