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WEEPY (weepier, weepiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: weepier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, weepiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does weepy mean? 

WEEPY (adjective)
  The adjective WEEPY has 1 sense:

1. liable to weep easilyplay

  Familiarity information: WEEPY used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WEEPY (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Liable to weep easily

Similar:

tearful (filled with or marked by tears)

Derivation:

weepiness (sadness expressed by weeping)


 Context examples 


I shall put a bold face on, and if I do feel weepy, he shall never see it.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)



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