weepy
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Liable to weep easily: Describes a person who is prone to crying or becoming tearful with little provocation. It can also describe something, like a movie or story, that is emotionally sad and likely to make people cry.
Usage
- The adjective "weepy" is used to characterize a person's emotional tendency or the emotional effect of a piece of media.
- It is typically used in informal contexts.
- It can be used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb like "be" or "feel").
Examples
- Describing a person:
- She's been feeling very weepy since watching that sad documentary.
- He gets weepy at the end of every romantic comedy.
- Describing a thing (e.g., a film):
- It's a classic, weepy drama about lost love.
- I'm not in the mood for a weepy movie tonight.
Advanced Usage
- "to be in a weepy mood": to be in a state where one feels like crying easily.
- The hormones made her in a weepy mood all the time during her pregnancy.
- Used to describe overly sentimental or maudlin artistic works.
- The novel's ending was criticized for being overly weepy and manipulative.
Variants and Related Words
- Weep (verb): To cry, to shed tears.
- She began to weep quietly.
- Weepiness (noun): The state or quality of being weepy.
- A sudden wave of weepiness overcame her.
Synonyms
- Tearful: Full of tears; inclined to cry.
- Emotional: Readily affected by or expressing emotion.
- Maudlin: Self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often due to drunkenness. (This has a more negative connotation than "weepy".)
Antonyms
- Stoic: Enduring pain and hardship without showing feelings or complaining.
- Unemotional: Not having or showing strong feelings.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- To have a good weep: To have a satisfying, cathartic cry.
- Sometimes you just need to have a good weep to feel better.
- Weepy-eyed: Having eyes filled with tears.
- The weepy-eyed child looked for his mother.