😭 Shedding tears 🔥 Very intense

tearing

1 1.4

The flow of tears from the eyes because of feeling or eye irritation

noun
/ˈtɪrɪŋ/

: llanto

She experienced tearing at the emotional movie's climax, unable to hold back her sorrow.

Examples

His tearing made it clear how deeply he was affected by the news.
After hearing her friend speak about loss, there was a lot of tearing in the room.
I was brought to tears from what he shared.
I was crying real tears when he came back.
And, you know, she responded with tears and panic.
But this person is shedding tears for himself, correct.
There are reportedly tears when the final toast is made at midnight.
And I shed many a tear on my wife's shoulder.
We started gathering up our tears for Beirut, Damascus, Aleppo.

Synonyms

cry

vstearing

260 1.0

A time when someone has tears because they feel sad or upset

is the general act occurring beyond one short session

sobbing

vstearing

69 1.0

Short gasping sounds someone makes while crying loudly

is the act of shedding eye fluid without the strong convulsive gasps

crying

vstearing

38 1.0

Tears and sounds you make when you feel sad or hurt

is the act of shedding eye fluid without focusing on sound

weeping

vstearing

31 1.4

A time when someone cries with tears and sobs

is the act of shedding eye fluid without emphasis on convulsive sounds

tears

vstearing

10 1.0

Drops of water that come from your eyes when you feel sad or happy

is the act of shedding eye fluid as emotional expression

lacrimation

vstearing

Specialized

8.6

Tears that come from the eyes because of feelings or eye irritation

is the common action in everyday emotional situations

lachrymation

vstearing

9.8

Tears that come from the eyes, often because of irritation or illness

is the usual emotional shedding rather than a medical sign

effusion of tears

vstearing

7.7

Tears that suddenly flow because of a strong feeling

is the regular act of shedding eye fluid not necessarily sudden or abundant

tearfulness

vstearing

4.3

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

is the action itself rather than a lasting prone emotional state

watering

vstearing

1.0

Tears flow from the eyes without meaning to

is mainly an emotional shedding rather than an involuntary eye fluid flow

Compounds

tearing down

11 4.2

An act of completely taking down a building so it no longer exists

How Tearful

wailing

5 3.5

sobbing

69 1.0

tearing

1 1.4

weeping

31 1.4

Surface Forms

tearing singular

tearings plural

Morphology

tearing = tear (opaque) = tear + ing

The word 'tearing' is derived from 'tear' but the meaning shift to 'shedding tears' is not directly inferable from the base word.

Etymology

Tearing as a noun comes from the common word tear meaning 'a drop from the eye'. So 'tearing' is the act of making those drops, in other words 'shedding tears'.