as in emotional
given to expressing strong emotion (as sorrow) by readily shedding tears
I'm weepy enough that I even cry at happy endings to movies and books
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Recent Examples of weepy
Watch on Deadline Moore talks here about how the project came her way, and the weepy movie that catapulted her into the big leagues, 1990’s Ghost, which grossed back in the day over a half billion worldwide — enormous for the time.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
The next morning brings an ambulance, a silent Greek chorus of frowning male faces, and a startling discovery: a baby boy, a weepy bundle of non-joy, is found, and rescued, on a nearby farm.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 27 June 2024
Novelist Kazuo Ishiguro’s weepy cloning love-triangle story turned out to be apt source material for his friend Garland to adapt.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
Johnson, 29, documented the day on her Instagram Story, beginning with the weepy toddler opening up his Easter basket.
—Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
The next morning brings an ambulance, a silent Greek chorus of frowning male faces, and a startling discovery: a baby boy, a weepy bundle of non-joy, is found, and rescued, on a nearby farm.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 27 June 2024
Novelist Kazuo Ishiguro’s weepy cloning love-triangle story turned out to be apt source material for his friend Garland to adapt.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
Johnson, 29, documented the day on her Instagram Story, beginning with the weepy toddler opening up his Easter basket.
—Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weepy
Adjective
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These intelligent and emotional animals have been a part of human culture for centuries—as companions, workers and performers.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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People feel abandoned or unprepared, amplifying the emotional toll.—
John Hope Bryant,
TIME,
18 Jan. 2025
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Final show recap:Hoda Kotb bids tearful 'Today' show farewell Need a break?—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
10 Jan. 2025
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Hoda Kotb had a tearful sendoff Friday during her last day on Today, the NBC morning news franchise.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Jan. 2025
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.—
David Mamet,
National Review,
11 Aug. 2022
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
8 Dec. 2021
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The Golden Globes are well underway and the night is already predictably rife with teary speeches, missed cues and plenty of fodder for celebrity social media discourse.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
6 Jan. 2025
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The speech offered an underdog story, an extension of the themes in her film The Substance, and, judging from the responses from other actors in the room, including a teary Kathy Bates, may have won her some Oscar-nom support from her fellow peers.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2025
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Several days after this lachrymose dinner, a carnival-level event delighted Angelenos of either political persuasion.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2024
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Puccini later inserted a different, more lachrymose text, one that forecasts her suicide.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
23 Oct. 2023
Adjective
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Air France regrets this sad event and expresses its sincere condolences.—
Michael D. Carroll AND Theo Burman,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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But nothing in life is sadder than a reality television person who doesn't know when to retire.—
Dana Rose Falcone,
People.com,
15 Jan. 2025
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Some 12,000 structures — buildings and cars — have been destroyed so far, and with them many tons of property of all levels of sentimental meaning.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Jan. 2025
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The paintings are far from sentimental keepsakes and instead often tell stories of similar loss and tragedy experienced by others, including the children depicted, who sometimes died young, or went on to live troubled lives.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
15 Jan. 2025
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