Weepies

weep·y (w

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adj. weep·i·er, weep·i·est

Weeping or inclined to weep; tearful.

weepy [ˈwiːpɪ] Informal

adj weepier, weepiest

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) liable or tending to weep

n pl weepies

(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (Performing Arts) a romantic and sentimental film or book

weepily adv

weepiness n

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Adj.

weepy - liable to weep easily

tearful - filled with or marked by tears; "tearful eyes"; "tearful entreaties"

weepy

adjective

tearful, crying, weeping, sobbing, whimpering, close to tears, blubbering, lachrymose, on the verge of tears After her mother's death she was depressed and weepy for months.

noun

tear-jerker (informal) The film is an old-fashioned weepy with fine performances by both stars.

Translations

weepy [ˈwiːpɪ]

A. ADJ

1. (= tearful) [person] → llorón; [eyes] → lloroso
to feel weepy → sentir or tener ganas de llorar
to get or become weepy (about sth) → ponerse a llorar(por algo)

2. (= sentimental) [film, novel, song] → lacrimógeno

B. N (= film) → película f lacrimógena, melodrama m; (= novel) → novela f lacrimógena

weepy [ˈwiːpi] n (= film) → mélo m >

weepy (inf)

adj (+er) person → weinerlich; (inf) film → rührselig; that was a very weepy film (inf) → der Film hat schwer auf die Tränendrüsen gedrückt (inf)

n (inf: = film etc) → Schmachtfetzen m (inf)

weepy [ˈwiːpɪ]

1. adj → piagnucoloso/a

2. n (fam) (film) → film m strappalacrime inv

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blubbery exhortation lachrymose maudlin mushy sentimental sickly soppy sugary syrupy tearful watery	And as the Record's resident book reviewer, I've picked my top 10 books for all occasions - weepies, funny, chick-lit, sexy, action and thought-provoking. RAGE TURNER; Reading a good book is the best way to beat stress and ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) The Class, a French Oscar nominee for best foreign-language picture of 2008 and the winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes, is certainly an antidote to education-themed weepies such as Freedom Writers, Stand and Deliver, and To Sir, with Love, in which teachers oozing compassion and urging self-respect win the hearts of a roomful of delinquents and wean them away from drugs and gangland wars by . Walled in: 'The Class' & 'Wendy and Lucy' by Alleva, Richard / Commonweal So Van Morrison's 'Days Like This' triggers associations with (among others) 'End of the Line' by the Traveling Wilburys, 'World Spins Madly' by the Weepies and - more intriguingly - 'Waiting on a Friend' by the Rolling Stones and several songs by Paul Simon. Apple's iTunes genius button seems pretty dumb to me by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk	Week-end weekday weekend weekend case weekend warrior weekender weekends weeklong weekly weeknight Weekwam weel Weelkes Weems ween weeness weenie weenie roast weensy weeny weeny-bopper weep weeper Weepful weepie Weepies weepiness weeping weeping beech Weeping cross weeping ivy weeping love grass Weeping rock Weeping sinew Weeping spring weeping spruce Weeping tree weeping tree broom weeping widow weeping willow Weeping-ripe Weepingly weepy weer Weerish Weesel weest Weet Weet-bird Weet-weet Weetingly	weeny-bopper WEEOC weep weep weep weep weep weep weep about weep crocodile tears weep for Weep for Humanity weep for joy Weep hole weep hole tile weep over weep over weeper weeper Weeper hole Weeper holes weepers weepers WEEPF Weepful weepie weepie Weepie film weepier weepier Weepies weepiest weepiest weepily weepily weepiness weepiness weeping weeping weeping weeping weeping weeping beech Weeping Birch Weeping Birch Weeping bottles weeping core Weeping crocodile Weeping crocodile Weeping cross Weeping cross Weeping Crosses Weeping Crosses weeping eczema weeping figs weeping figs weeping figs weeping ivy Weeping Juniper weeping love grass weeping lubrication

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exhortation
lachrymose
maudlin
mushy
sentimental
sickly
soppy
sugary
syrupy
tearful
watery

And as the Record's resident book reviewer, I've picked my top 10 books for all occasions - weepies, funny, chick-lit, sexy, action and thought-provoking.

RAGE TURNER; Reading a good book is the best way to beat stress and ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

The Class, a French Oscar nominee for best foreign-language picture of 2008 and the winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes, is certainly an antidote to education-themed weepies such as Freedom Writers, Stand and Deliver, and To Sir, with Love, in which teachers oozing compassion and urging self-respect win the hearts of a roomful of delinquents and wean them away from drugs and gangland wars by .

Walled in: 'The Class' & 'Wendy and Lucy' by Alleva, Richard / Commonweal

So Van Morrison's 'Days Like This' triggers associations with (among others) 'End of the Line' by the Traveling Wilburys, 'World Spins Madly' by the Weepies and - more intriguingly - 'Waiting on a Friend' by the Rolling Stones and several songs by Paul Simon.

Apple's iTunes genius button seems pretty dumb to me by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk

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