tearful

tearful
adj
1. lachrymose, lachrymal, lachrymatory, teary, Inf. weepy; watery, dewy-eyed, on the verge of or close to tears, ready to cry or burst into tears or break down; weeping, crying, wailing, sobbing, blubbering, sniveling, whimpering; dissolved in tears, inconsolable, heartbroken, broken-hearted, crushed; unhappy, melancholy, blue, gloomy, depressed, dejected, Inf. down in the dumps.
2. sad, saddening, sorrowful, woeful, distressing, dismaying, lamentable, mournful; dolorous, lugubrious, funereal, elegaic, dirgeful, epicedial, epicedian, threnodial, black; pitiful, piteous, pathetic, heartrending, heartbreaking, poignant, plaintive, moving, touching, affecting, emotional; maudlin, mawkish, sentimental, romantic, soft, mushy, slushy, sickening, cloying, Inf. drippy, Sl. schmaltzy, Brit. Si. soppy.

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  • tearful — [tir′fəl] adj. 1. in tears; weeping 2. causing tears; sad tearfully adv. tearfulness n …   English World dictionary

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  • tearful — adjective 1) Bess was tearful Syn: in tears, with tears in one s eyes, choked up, crying, weeping, sobbing, sniveling; close to tears, emotional, upset, distressed, sad, unhappy; informal weepy, teary, misty eyed; formal lachrymose …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • tearful — tearfully, adv. tearfulness, n. /tear feuhl/, adj. 1. full of tears; weeping. 2. causing tears: the tearful story of his poverty. [1580 90; TEAR1 + FUL] * * * …   Universalium

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