as in emotional
given to expressing strong emotion (as sorrow) by readily shedding tears
I'm weepy enough that I even cry at happy endings to movies and books
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Recent Examples of weepy
Shyne, who is also the cinematographer, finds terrific beauty in Carlie’s face with its weepy eyes and silvered hair peeking out from his cap.
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Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 1 Feb. 2025
The weepy confessions are, ostensibly, gestures toward intimacy.
—Maytal Eyal, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2025
That doesn’t mean every film has to be a history lesson or depressing, or weepy or political or provocative or wear its issues on its sleeve.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2025
Well, for comparison’s sake, here’s a timeline of Erivo and Grande’s extremely weepy press tour (part one).
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025
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Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 1 Feb. 2025
The weepy confessions are, ostensibly, gestures toward intimacy.
—Maytal Eyal, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2025
That doesn’t mean every film has to be a history lesson or depressing, or weepy or political or provocative or wear its issues on its sleeve.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2025
Well, for comparison’s sake, here’s a timeline of Erivo and Grande’s extremely weepy press tour (part one).
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for weepy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weepy
Adjective
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It wasn’t scripted that Robby gets emotional and breaks down at [that] particular point in the speech….—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
10 Apr. 2025
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Just before the game, the franchise honored him with a video tribute, and Dončić became emotional.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The episode closes on them enjoying a long, tearful, joyful embrace.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Post-match, a tearful Tomkins expressed his gratitude to the club and the supporters.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.—
David Mamet,
National Review,
11 Aug. 2022
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
8 Dec. 2021
Adjective
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The coughing fits and teary eyes that come with that moment are why smokeless fire pits have shot to the top of so many wish lists in recent years.—
Clint Davis,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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Jamie’s phone-call confession sends Eddie into a teary existential crisis, one that ends with Eddie in Jamie’s bedroom, where his teen son tumbled down the social-media rabbit hole and peed his pants when cops came to arrest him.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Several days after this lachrymose dinner, a carnival-level event delighted Angelenos of either political persuasion.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2024
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Puccini later inserted a different, more lachrymose text, one that forecasts her suicide.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
23 Oct. 2023
Adjective
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Yet, whatever the deal means for Paul, Weiss, its acquiescence to Trump marks a sad day for the legal profession—or what once was a profession, and is now just another business.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2025
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Kwong grew up hearing stories of every kind about Manzanar—scary, sad, funny and infuriating.—
Rachel Ng,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Strahovski and her family said their goodbyes to the city in a sentimental post in February 2025.—
Emy LaCroix,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The British monarch and his longtime partner, who celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary on Wednesday, marked the sentimental milestone on Monday with a pair of portraits shared on social media.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Weepy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weepy. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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