weepy

adj
/ˈwiːpi/

Etymology

From weep + -y.

  1. derived from *weh₂b-
  2. inherited from *wōpijaną
  3. inherited from *wōpijan
  4. inherited from wēpan
  5. inherited from wepen
  6. suffixed as weepy — “weep + y

Definitions

  1. Inclined to weep

    Inclined to weep; tearful or lachrymose.

  2. Of a film or book etc.

    Of a film or book etc.: full of tragic melodrama.

    • When Tomorrow Comes was probably some sort of weepy love story which always got him laughing like a drain, often leading to his physical removal from the one and nines.
  3. Alternative form of weepie.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for weepy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA