tears

Examples

• All

• "Is that what you want?" Tears filled his eyes as he asked her.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Like it's real conversations, real tears really opening up.

  Stanford

• But now I'm like on the verge of tears and I'm so happy.

  cari can read

• They said this woman broke into tears and was bawling.

  Evan Carmichael

• Something like that, right?" Tears flowed down her cheeks.

  Fiction book (1995)

• I can't find you!" Tears burned her cheeks as the noise outside reminded Gudrun that this was no game.

  Fiction book (2001)

• His heart ached, and tears streamed down his cheeks as he remembered her.

• After watching the emotional movie, many in the audience had tears in their eyes.

Synonyms

C

crying

vstears

119 1.0

Tears and sounds you make when you feel sad or hurt

is the emotional process that may be silent rather than noisy distress sounds

W

weeping

vstears

18 1.4

A time when someone cries with tears and sobs

is the broader state of producing eye liquid not necessarily with vocal sounds

T

tearing

vstears

5 1.4

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

is the ongoing state of producing eye liquid not only the single act

T

tearfulness

vstears

1 4.3

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

is the general process of producing eye liquid rather than a lasting tendency

E

effusion of tears

vstears

7.7

Tears that suddenly flow because of a strong feeling

is the normal state or process of producing eye liquid without sudden intensity

Antonyms

L

laughter

591 1.0

The sound people make when they find something funny

Idioms

I

in tears

66 2.0

Crying because you feel very sad or touched

M

moved to tears

11 4.3

Feeling strong emotion that makes you cry

C

crocodile tears

• Informal

8 5.5

A pretended sadness that is not real

E

to end in tears

• Informal

5 6.0

Finish badly and leave people sad or disappointed after a hopeful start

R

reduced to tears

3 4.6

To make someone cry because of a strong feeling like sadness or joy

W

without tears

1 4.1

Easily and without crying or trouble

O

on the brink of tears

1 4.6

About to start crying because you feel sad

Compounds

V

vale of tears

• Archaic

2 9.9

A life that is full of pain and sadness

B

baby's tears

1 9.1

A small plant with many tiny round leaves that grows like a green carpet, often kept indoors

B

baby tears

1 5.9

A small creeping plant with many tiny round leaves used as a houseplant or ground cover

J

Job's tears

1 9.9

Shiny hard seeds from an Asian grass used as beads or food

E

effusion of tears

7.7

Tears that suddenly flow because of a strong feeling

How Tearful

wailing

11 3.5

sobbing

16 1.0

weeping

18 1.4

tears

512 1.0

cry

30 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology