tearful
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1.8
- adjective
- /ˈtɪrfl/
:
lloroso
- The tearful mother hugged her child tightly after being reunited at the airport.
- become tearful
- tearful comedy
- a tearful mother
I feel sick, just so anxious and tearful.
- I feel sick, just so anxious and tearful.
- They may make tearful promises of being a changed man or a changed woman, or to commit every day to being better.
- The soul searching, tearful meltdown post Trump town hall is just the latest example of how far the left of the how far left the network has gone.
Examples
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She'd promised that, in an almost tearful mid-evening call from her office to his.
Fiction book (1999) -
I'm not really one for tearful goodbyes.
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It's those tearful press conferences.
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No one will break down on the stand with a tearful confession...
Fiction book (1993) -
Oh, I just love tearful reunions.
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Seaman left the stadium, still tearful, without speaking.
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So once again, I think this is probably the last time you'll see the little spring, but let's bid a tearful farewell to it.
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Jacob's face turns grim as a tearful Karen runs up to him, Scott following.
Fiction book (1991) -
I smiled vaguely through my tearful eyes and pointed at Sean.
Fiction book (2000) -
When husband and wife did finally meet, between William's journeyings, recrimination was followed by tearful reconciliation.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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1.0
Feeling unhappy or upset because of something
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2.0
Crying because you feel very sad or touched
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2.0
Having eyes that look ready to cry
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3.7
Feeling like you want to cry easily
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3.9
Feeling deep sadness because of a loss
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3.6
Feeling very sad because of loss or disappointment
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7.9
Having a sad sound that makes people feel unhappy
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3.2
With eyes full of tears because of strong feeling or something in the eye
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4.8
Eyes are wet with tears because of strong feeling
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4.3
Feeling strong emotion that makes you cry
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8.2
Feeling or showing deep sadness
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3.7
Wet and marked from crying, often on cheeks or a pillow
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9.9
Feeling or showing deep sadness because of a loss
1
9.9
Showing sadness or making people want to cry
About to start crying because you feel sad
Showing sadness by crying
Full of deep sadness
Antonyms
How Tearful
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1.8
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4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tearful is made of the word tear (the drops from your eyes) and the ending -ful, which means 'full of'. So a tearful person is literally 'full of tears', which is why the word means showing that you are about to cry.