weepiness

Thân thiện

A child's weepiness subsides after a comforting hug.

Definition

Noun: A state or quality of being prone to weeping; sadness that is expressed through or characterized by tears.

Usage

"Weepiness" describes a condition of being tearfully sad or sentimental. It often implies a tendency to cry easily due to emotion, rather than a single instance of crying. * The movie's ending was filled with such weepiness that many viewers left the theater with red eyes. * Her weepiness wasn't just about the bad news; it was a sign of her overall exhaustion.

Advanced Usage

• As a Character Trait: Can be used to describe a person's habitual emotional disposition.
  • His chronic weepiness made it difficult for him to watch sentimental commercials.
• In Critique: Often used in artistic or literary criticism to denote an excessive, sometimes melodramatic, sentimental quality.
  • The novel was criticized for its cloying weepiness and lack of substantive plot.

Variants and Related Words

• Weepy (adjective): Inclined to weep; tearful.
  • She felt weepy after hearing the old song.
• Weep (verb): To shed tears; to cry.
  • He began to weep tears of joy.

Synonyms

• Tearfulness: The state of being full of tears or prone to crying.
• Lachrymosity (formal): The quality of being tearful.
• Sentimentality: Excessive tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia, which can lead to weepiness.

Antonyms

• Stoicism: The endurance of pain or hardship without the display of feelings or complaint.
• Dry-eyedness: The state of not crying or showing tears.
• Impassivity: Lack of emotion or expression.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• To be on the verge of tears: To be almost crying, a state closely associated with weepiness.
  • The heartfelt speech left the audience on the verge of tears.
• To get misty-eyed: To become tearful (often with tears that don't fully fall).
  • Fathers often get misty-eyed at their daughters' weddings.

Học thuật

Noun

1. sadness expressed by weeping

Từ đồng nghĩa

• tearfulness