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tearful
tear·ful T0074300 (tîr′fəl)adj.1. Filled with or accompanied by tears: tearful eyes; a tearful farewell.2. So piteous as to excite tears: a tearful melodrama. tear′ful·ly adv.tear′ful·ness n.tearful (ˈtɪəfʊl) adj1. about to cry2. accompanying or indicative of weeping: a tearful expression. 3. tending to produce tears; sad ˈtearfully adv ˈtearfulness ntear•ful (ˈtɪər fəl) adj. 1. full of tears; weeping. 2. causing tears: a tearful story. [1580–90] tear′ful•ly, adv. tear′ful•ness, n. ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | tearful - filled with or marked by tears; "tearful eyes"; "tearful entreaties"dry-eyed, tearless - free from tears | | 2. | tearful - showing sorrow dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, weepingsorrowful - experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13 |
tearfuladjective1. weeping, crying, sobbing, in tears, whimpering, blubbering, weepy (informal), lachrymose She was tearful when asked to talk about it.2. sad, pathetic, poignant, upsetting, distressing, harrowing, pitiful, woeful, mournful, lamentable, sorrowful, pitiable, dolorous a tearful farewelltearfuladjectiveFilled with or shedding tears:lachrymose, teary, weeping, weepy.Idiom: in tears.Translationstear1 (tiə) noun a drop of liquid coming from the eye, as a result of emotion (especially sadness) or because something (eg smoke) has irritated it. tears of joy/laughter/rage. 眼淚 眼泪ˈtearful adjective1. inclined to cry or weep; with much crying or weeping. She was very tearful; a tearful farewell. 流淚的 流泪的2. covered with tears. tearful faces. 眼淚汪汪的 眼泪汪汪的ˈtearfully adverb 悲傷地 悲伤地ˈtearfulness noun 淚汪汪 泪汪汪tear gas a kind of gas causing blinding tears, used against eg rioters. 催淚毒氣 催泪毒气ˈtear-stained adjective marked with tears. a tear-stained face. 淚水沾濕的 泪水沾湿的in tears crying or weeping. She was in tears over the broken doll. 含著淚,流著淚 含着泪,流着泪 EncyclopediaSeeteartearful
Synonyms for tearfuladj weepingSynonyms- weeping
- crying
- sobbing
- in tears
- whimpering
- blubbering
- weepy
- lachrymose
adj sadSynonyms- sad
- pathetic
- poignant
- upsetting
- distressing
- harrowing
- pitiful
- woeful
- mournful
- lamentable
- sorrowful
- pitiable
- dolorous
Synonyms for tearfuladj filled with or shedding tearsSynonyms- lachrymose
- teary
- weeping
- weepy
Synonyms for tearfuladj filled with or marked by tearsAntonymsadj showing sorrowSynonyms- dolorous
- dolourous
- lachrymose
- weeping
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