weepie
Three-handkerchief movie
A weepie is a sentimental movie, book, or story designed to make you cry—a tearjerker.
The term is mildly dismissive, suggesting manipulation rather than genuine emotional depth: We stayed in and watched an old weepie.
British English sometimes spells it weepy.
Excessively emotional about memories
- maudlinExcessively tearful sentiment
- schmaltzyExcessively and insincerely sentimental
- sappyExcessively sentimental
- saccharineExaggeratedly sentimental
overwrought · melodramatic · lachrymose · bittersweet · poignant · touching · heartrending · tender
Emotionally manipulative entertainment
- melodramaSensational, emotionally overwrought drama
- romanceLove and its excitement
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
- chick-flickMovie aimed at women
sobfest · cryfest · weepfest · cinema · movie · matinee · classic · Hollywood
Violent pulls apart
- sobbingConvulsive crying aloud
- cryingEmotional tear release
- blubberingCrying noisily and uncontrollably
- snifflesMinor nasal illness
tissues · heartbreak · grief · sorrow · anguish · catharsis · empathy · sympathy
Inducing cheerful contentment
- heartwarmingEvoking tender positive feelings
- inspirationalArousing drive or hope
- redemptiveRestoring worth or virtue
- triumphantJoyfully victorious
hopeful · comforting · wholesome · affirming · healing · reunion · reconciliation · cathartic
sentimental
Excessively emotional about memories
- maudlinExcessively tearful sentiment
- schmaltzyExcessively and insincerely sentimental
- sappyExcessively sentimental
saccharine · overwrought · melodramatic · lachrymose · bittersweet · poignant · touching · heartrending · tender · wistful
tearjerker
Emotionally manipulative entertainment
- melodramaSensational, emotionally overwrought drama
- romanceLove and its excitement
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
chick-flick · sobfest · cryfest · weepfest · cinema · movie · matinee · classic · Hollywood · Bollywood
tears
Violent pulls apart
- sobbingConvulsive crying aloud
- cryingEmotional tear release
- blubberingCrying noisily and uncontrollably
sniffles · tissues · heartbreak · grief · sorrow · anguish · catharsis · empathy · sympathy · pity
feel-good
Inducing cheerful contentment
- heartwarmingEvoking tender positive feelings
- inspirationalArousing drive or hope
- redemptiveRestoring worth or virtue
triumphant · hopeful · comforting · wholesome · affirming · healing · reunion · reconciliation · cathartic · uplifting
death
Cessation of life
farewell · sacrifice · star-crossed · doomed · separation · war · poverty · injustice · mortality · deathbed
- tearjerkerstearjerker, tearjerkers, sob story, sob stories, sad movie
- dramasfamily drama, crime drama, courtroom drama, medical drama, political drama
- story typesmyth, fable, fables, legend, drama
weepiecrowd-pleaser
Broadly appealing entertainment
black comedy · satire · detached · unemotional · cynical
- weeping willowTree with pendulous branches
- read 'em and weepTaunt when showing winning hand
- weeping and wailing
- weep openly
- weeping cherryOrnamental tree, pendulous limbs
- weeping womanFemale figure in tears
weeping, weep, weepy, weeper, weepers, weepier, weepiest, weepies, weepiness