weepy
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwiːpi/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːpi
- Homophone: weepie
Adjective
weepy (comparative weepier, superlative weepiest)
- Inclined to weep; tearful or lachrymose.
- (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.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
inclined to weep
Noun
weepy (plural weepies)
- Alternative form of weepie.