tearfuladjective
uk/ˈtɪə.fəl/us/ˈtɪr.fəl/crying or likely to cry:
After a tearful farewell at the airport , we went our separate ways.
Katy's always a bit tearful when it's time to go back to school.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Weeping and crying
- bawl
- bucket
- burst
- burst out laughing/crying idiom
- crocodile tears
- crumple
- cry
- dissolve
- dry your eyes idiom
- flood
- lachrymose
- mist
- mist (sth) over/up
- misty-eyed
- not a dry eye in the house idiom
- not know whether to laugh or cry idiom
- sniffle
- snuffle
- tear 1
- weepy
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tearfully
adverb uk/ˈtɪə.fəl.i/us/ˈtɪr.fəl.i/
tearfulness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈtɪə.fəl.nəs/us/ˈtɪr.fəl.nəs/