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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Cincinnati’s bumper music: The Burrow-less Bengals are weepy, and few bands do sadness like The National. Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025 There was even a weepy Nicholas Sparks movie on offer called, appropriately, The Choice. Sophia Rosenfeld september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025 That both of its leading men have suffered some great heartache is obvious from the first minutes of the premiere, directed by Jeremiah Zagar and set to Dan Deacon’s weepy score — even if the precise shape and scope of their losses will take some time to tease out. Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025 There’s also a noticeable waft of influence from Nicholas Sparks that provides the weepier elements of this couple’s complications. Courtney Howard, Variety, 19 Aug. 2025 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 24 Oct. 2025.

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