tearfuladj.
/ˈtɪəfʊl/ 1. Full of tears; weeping; lachrymose.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [adjective]
weepingc900
wopi?c1225
greetingfula1340
greetyc1350
weeplyc1374
weepfula1382
weepinglyc1440
lachrymablec1450
moistc1450
lachrymous1490
rainy1563
tearfula1586
greeting1588
collachrymate1593
crying1594
onion-eyeda1616
maudlinc1616
rheumatica1627
fluxed1628
lachrymalc1630
crystal-droppinga1650
showery1654
lugent1656
Niobean1665
lachrymary1693
lachrymose1727
moist-eyed1797
larmoyant1824
pluviose1824
ploratory1831
lachrymating1837
screwmatic1847
pipy1861
weepy1863
blarting1898
leaky1905
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. sig. Ii5v My Pyrocles said she (with tearefull eyes & a pittifull countenance).
1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 28 Sory and fearefull, yea penitent and tearefull.
1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxi. 233 With tear-full eyes o'er all their master gaz'd.
1855 H. Martineau Autobiogr. (1877) I. ii. 30 The old folks and their daughters came out to meet us, all tearful and agitated.
1884 Mem. Pr. Alice 16 The parting was tearful, but full of hope.
2. Causing tears; mournful, melancholy. ? Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > gloomy or depressing
darkOE
unmerryOE
deathlyc1225
dolefulc1275
elengec1275
dreicha1300
coolc1350
cloudyc1374
sada1375
colda1400
deadlya1400
joylessc1400
unjoyful?c1400
disconsolatea1413
mournfula1425
funeralc1425
uncheerfulc1449
dolent1489
dolesome1533
heavy-hearted1555
glum1558
ungladsome1558
black1562
pleasureless1567
dern1570
plaintive?1570
glummish1573
cheerless1575
comfortless1576
wintry1579
glummy1580
funebral1581
discouraging1584
dernful?1591
murk1596
recomfortless1596
sullen1597
amating1600
lugubrious1601
dusky1602
sable1603
funebrial1604
damping1607
mortifying1611
tearful?1611
uncouth1611
dulsome1613
luctual1613
dismal1617
winterous1617
unked1620
mopish1621
godforsaken?1623
uncheerly1627
funebrious1630
lugubrous1632
drearisome1633
unheartsome1637
feral1641
drear1645
darksome1649
sadding1649
saddening1650
disheartening1654
funebrous1654
luctiferous1656
mestifical1656
tristifical1656
sooty1657
dreary1667
tenebrose1677
clouded1682
tragicala1700
funereal1707
gloomy1710
sepulchrala1711
dumpishc1717
bleaka1719
depressive1727
lugubre1727
muzzy1728
dispiriting1733
uncheery1760
unconsolatory1760
unjolly1764
Decemberly1765
sombre1768
uncouthie1768
depressing1772
unmirthful1782
sombrous1789
disanimating1791
Decemberish1793
grey1794
uncheering1796
ungenial1796
uncomforting1798
disencouraginga1806
stern1812
chilling1815
uncheered1817
dejecting1818
mopey1821
desponding1828
wisht1829
leadening1835
unsportful1837
demoralizing1840
Novemberish1840
frigid1844
morne1844
tragic1848
wet-blanketty1848
morgue1850
ungladdeneda1851
adusk1856
smileless1858
soul-sick1858
Novemberya1864
saturnine1863
down1873
lacklustre1883
Heaven-abandoneda1907
downbeat1952
doomy1967
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [adjective] > causing weeping
lachrymable1490
tearful?1611
lachrymental1624
lachrymatory1770
lachrymose1813
eyewatering1880
cryable1897
weepy1936
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xix. 315 Then the warre, was tearefull to our foe, But now to me.
Derivatives
ˈtearfully adv. in a tearful manner, with tears.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [adverb]
weepingly1340
lachrymosely1828
blubberingly1835
tearfully1835
weepily1982
1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi I. i. i. 14 Anxiously and tearfully he looked..up the steep ascent of the Aventine.
ˈtearfulness n. the state of being tearful.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [noun] > tearful state
tearfulness1820
lachrymosity1835
weepiness1932
1820 L. Hunt Indicator No. 37 (1822) I. 296 A breathing tearfulness.
1863 J. S. B. Monsell Hymns Love & Praise 104 Mornings of joy give for evenings of tearfulness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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