weepier; weepiest
: inclined to weep : tearful

Examples of weepy in a Sentence

She started getting weepy when she talked about her mother. I'm weepy enough that I even cry at happy endings to movies and books.
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Closing Costs • Carla delivers a beautiful baby boy named Jimmy, after Dennis’s father, but as Dennis gets all weepy about his impending death and becomes just a blurry memory to his sweet son, the woman cannot keep Denise’s secret from him any longer. Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024 Well, for comparison’s sake, here are the best moments from Erivo and Grande’s extremely weepy press tour (part one). Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024 Watch on Deadline Moore talks here about how the project came her way, and the weepy movie that catapulted her into the big leagues, 1990’s Ghost, which grossed back in the day over a half billion worldwide — enormous for the time. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024 The next morning brings an ambulance, a silent Greek chorus of frowning male faces, and a startling discovery: a baby boy, a weepy bundle of non-joy, is found, and rescued, on a nearby farm. Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 27 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for weepy 

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of weepy was in the 15th century

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“Weepy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weepy. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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