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# weepy

«weepy» in Mova's school dictionary: **Ready to cry, or crying easily, often because you are…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (weepy, weepier, weepiest); noun (a weepy, weepies — informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Ready to cry, or crying easily, often because you are tired or sad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weepy/#m1)

2) (informal) Of a film, book or song: sad and likely to make people cry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weepy/#m2)

3) (noun, informal) A sad film or story that makes people cry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weepy/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in everyday family talk: "She's weepy because she's overtired." People call a sad film "a weepy" or "a real tear-jerker". It is a gentle, informal word.

### examples

- The baby gets weepy when she needs a nap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weepy/#x1)
- I felt a bit weepy on the last day of school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weepy/#x2)
- That film is such a weepy; bring tissues! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weepy/#x3)
- Mum always cries at weepy films. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weepy/#x4)
- The song is quite weepy, but beautiful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weepy/#x5)
- Grandad went weepy when he saw the old photos. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weepy/#x6)
- ‘“What is the good of telling me that?” he asked, in a weepy voice; “you know I cannot even walk as far as that palm.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weepy/#x7)

### note

Comparative: weepier, weepiest. From "weep" (to cry; past "wept"). It is informal. Feeling weepy is normal and nothing to be ashamed of.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «weepy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weepy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.