weepy

adj — 2 senses

weepy

adj

/ˈwiːpi/

Etymology From weep + -y.

1

Inclined to weep; tearful or lachrymose.

2

Informal Of a film or book etc.: full of tragic melodrama.

  • 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.2013, Tom Davies, Polly Garter's War:
Derived terms
forty weepy weepy
Related terms
weeper, weeping

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