Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Weeping or inclined to weep; tearful.
- adjective Very sentimental.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Moist: springy; exuding moisture; oozy; seepy: as, weepy clay; weepy stone.
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- adjective Inclined to
weep ;tearful orlachrymose .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective liable to weep easily
Etymologies
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Examples
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But toggling nasty with weepy is draining my patience.
Alynda Wheat's Beat Cop: A moment of silence for 'Southland' | EW.com 2009
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Gave me tingles and even made me a little weepy, which is a sure sign of successful blogging!
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It's a great recording -- it made me get all weepy, which is pretty unusual in a story I wrote myself.
April 28th, 2008 kattahj 2008
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You may recall weepy Josiah Leming during the Hollywood round – no doubt gifted and repeatedly mentioned to be living out of his car, but eventually passed on to make it to the top 24 finals.
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I heard a woman at a party saying that she stays on anti-depressants because she gets "weepy" when she goes off them.
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I heard a woman at a party saying that she stays on anti-depressants because she gets "weepy" when she goes off them.
Thomas Scheff: Practical Therapy for Soldiers' Depression 2010
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I heard a woman at a party saying that she stays on anti-depressants because she gets "weepy" when she goes off them.
Thomas Scheff: Practical Therapy for Soldiers' Depression Thomas Scheff 2010
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I heard a woman at a party saying that she stays on anti-depressants because she gets "weepy" when she goes off them.
Thomas Scheff: Practical Therapy for Soldiers' Depression 2009
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GROSS: A lot of country is a kind of weepy singing because some of the songs are so sad about, like, tragic love, being an alcoholic, like all the horrible things that can happen to you, and I don't think you do weepy, but you have this kind of, like, desolate sound when you're singing some of these songs that really works.
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GROSS: A lot of country is a kind of weepy singing because some of the songs are so sad about, like, tragic love, being an alcoholic, like all horrible things that can happen to you, and I don't think you do weepy, but you have this kind of, like, desolate sound when you're singing some of these songs that really works.
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