weepy
noun [C] (also weepie) /ˈwiː.pi/ informalDefinition
› a film or a book that makes people want to cry because it is sad: If I were you I'd take some tissues to the cinema - it's a real weepy.Weeping and cryingTypes of film, play, book etc.
(Definition of weepy noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bawl verb (CRY)
- blubber verb
- boohoo exclamation
- burst out laughing/crying idiom
- crocodile tears noun
- crumple verb
- cry-baby noun
- lachrymose adjective
- mist (sth) over/up phrasal verb
- misty-eyed adjective
- not a dry eye in the house idiom
- not know whether to laugh or cry idiom
- snivel verb
- snuffle verb, noun
- tear noun 2
- teardrop noun
- weep buckets idiom
- weep verb (CRY)
- weepy adjective
- wept verb
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Weeping and crying
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