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WEEPINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does weepiness mean?
• WEEPINESS (noun)
The noun WEEPINESS has 1 sense:
1. sadness expressed by weeping
Familiarity information: WEEPINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sadness expressed by weeping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
tearfulness; weepiness
Hypernyms ("weepiness" is a kind of...):
sadness; unhappiness (emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being)
Derivation:
weepy (liable to weep easily)
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