weepy

adjective

ˈwē-pē 

weepier; weepiest

: inclined to weep : tearful

Synonyms

• emotional
• tearful
• crying
• weeping
• teary
• lachrymose
• sad
• sobbing
• sentimental
• grieving

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.

Recent Examples on the Web

In the final moments of the panel, Lionsgate showed off 20 minutes of footage which started with a weepy Ms. Garraty (Greer) sending off her son, Raymond (Hoffman), reminding him pack his favorite chocolate snacks. —Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 July 2025

This combination delivers so much more feeling than a hardened (or weepy) version of death ever could. —Matthew Clark Davison, Literary Hub, 18 July 2025

White’s film was already one of the year’s best documentaries, the kind of film that made this critic and writer cry within its first five minutes, but never feels cheesy or manipulative or weepy for the hell of it. —Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 15 July 2025

Comment At the end of the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Richard Strauss’s Salome, the soprano Elza van den Heever stayed onstage to accept the uproarious ovations with a weepy smile and a grateful tap on her heart. —Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for weepy

• creepy
• sleepy
• praecipe
• principe