weepie

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/ˈwiːpi/

noun

A sad or sentimental film, often portraying troubled romance, designed to elicit a tearfully emotional response from its audience.

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Meanings

nounweepie (plural weepies)

plural weepies · alternative weepy

  1. colloquialA sad or sentimental film, often portraying troubled romance, designed to elicit a tearfully emotional response from its audience.

    John is white, Della is Black, and any interracial relationship isn’t just a legal dead end, but a threat to their very lives from the disapproving world that surrounds them. It all sounds like a Hallmark weepie, but in Robinson’s hands, it becomes transcendent.

    2020 September 28, Alex McLevy, “Marilynne Robinson finds transcendence in the stunning, soul-searching Jack”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2020

Origin

From weep + -ie.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with weepie

sleepycreepyteepeeweepycheapieeepyheapyneapypeepyseepysteepysweepy
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APA

weepie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weepie

MLA

“weepie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weepie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weepie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weepie.

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