different between tearful vs weepy

tearful

English

Etymology

From tear +? -ful.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?t??.f?l/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t??.f?l/
  • Rhymes: -??rf?l

Adjective

tearful (comparative more tearful, superlative most tearful)

  1. Accompanied by tears; crying, or about to cry.
    Aaron was a little tearful until Laura came to reassure him.
  2. Sorrowful.
    Synonym: lachrymose

Derived terms

  • tearfully
  • tearfulness

Translations

Anagrams

  • faulter, refutal

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weepy

English

Etymology

weep +? -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?wi?pi/
  • Rhymes: -i?pi
  • Homophone: weepie

Adjective

weepy (comparative weepier, superlative weepiest)

  1. Inclined to weep; tearful or lachrymose.
  2. (informal) Of a film or book etc.: full of tragic melodrama.
    • 2013, Tom Davies, Polly Garter's War
      When Tomorrow Comes was probably some sort of weepy love story which always got him laughing like a drain, often leading to his physical removal from the one and nines.

Related terms

  • weeper
  • weeping

Translations

Noun

weepy (plural weepies)

  1. Alternative form of weepie

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