English Dictionary

weepie

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈwiːpi/

名詞

口語

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

日本語の意味

感傷的または哀愁を呼び起こす映画。しばしば困難な恋愛劇を描き、観客に涙を誘うような感情を引き出すことを目的とした映画。

I didn't expect the weepie to hit me so hard; by the final scene I was openly sobbing.

あの涙を誘う映画がこんなに心に響くとは思わなかったが、ラストシーンでは思わず声を上げて泣いてしまった。

意味（1）

(colloquial) A 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.

weepies （ plural ）