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weepiness

weepiness

6.1
A feeling that makes someone want to cry
  • noun
  • /ˈwiːpɪnɪs/
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  • The child's weepiness indicated that he needed comfort after the fall.

Examples

  • After watching the sad movie, her unexpected weepiness surprised her friends.

  • Weepiness over it will not offend the hordes of Americans on the right and in the center.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Postpartum depression is about unhappiness, mood swings, anxiety, and weepiness, okay?

    Toxic Skies (2008)

  • In this paper, a young Turkish man, age 16 (unusual, since most B12 deficiencies are thought to be in the elderly), who is not a vegan, presented with one year of complaints of anxiety, weepiness, lethargy, and skipping school.

    Blog text (33)

  • Feeling overwhelmed with emotion, she allowed her weepiness to show during the heartfelt farewell.

Synonyms

sadness
vsweepiness
229 1.0

A feeling of being unhappy

is a tendency to express that feeling as tears rather than a general mood
mournfulness
vsweepiness
1 6.5

A deep, quiet feeling or look of sadness

is a tendency to express sadness through tears rather than deep inner grief
tearfulness
vsweepiness
4.3

A feeling of having many tears and wanting to cry because of sadness

is an inclination to express sadness through tears rather than having visible tears
sorrowfulness
vsweepiness
6.3

A deep feeling of sadness about a loss

is a tendency to show sadness through tears rather than feeling it alone

Antonyms

cheerfulness
4 1.0

A happy mood that makes you smile and helps others feel good

joyfulness
1 2.0

A strong feeling of happiness and excitement

How Tearful

sobbing
69 1.0
weepiness
6.1
sadness
229 1.0
composure
38 5.1

Surface Forms

weepiness singular
weepinesses plural

Morphology

weepiness = weepy (transparent) = weep + y + ness

Formed by the adjective 'weepy' + the noun-forming suffix '-ness', straightforwardly meaning 'the state of being weepy'.

Etymology

Weepiness comes from the verb weep 'to cry' and the ending -ness 'a state'. So it literally means 'the state of being likely to cry', which is why we use it for someone who becomes easily tearful.