tearlessadj.
/ˈtɪəlɪs/ Void of tears; shedding no tears, not weeping.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > freedom from trouble, care, or sorrow > [adjective]
sorrowlessOE
carelessa1000
restful1340
clearc1374
unsada1450
undiseased?c1450
unoffendedc1450
undistroubled1466
frank1477
unvexed1485
quiet1535
secure1545
griefless1552
trouble-void1559
woeless1568
undistressed1582
tearless1603
cocksure1613
undejected1613
undisquieted1627
uncareful1635
serene1640
indisconsolatea1645
trouble-free1648
catastematic1656
thoughtless1659
incruciated1661
easy1692
undepressed1697
unsufferinga1732
ungloomed1737
solute1742
unanxious1742
undarkened1742
unsighinga1743
comfortable1770
unharassed1796
unworried1818
gloomless1820
ungroaning1821
unpestered1824
ungrieving1837
troubleless1838
unsaddened?c1840
untrespassed1854
unannoyed1865
unfretted1870
fretless1878
worriless1889
stress-free1898
unstressed1927
the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > [adjective]
ruthlessc1330
unpiteousa1393
pitilessa1450
unpitifulc1449
unbowelled1592
unpitying1597
brassy1600
tearless1603
incompassionate1611
heartbound1614
uncompassionatea1616
illachrymable1623
compassionless1625
bowelless1649
incomplexionate1660
uncompassionatinga1711
dispiteous1803
pulseless1820
inhumane1822
impiteous1877
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > not manifesting emotion > without tears
tearless1603
dry-eyed1667
1603 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (1612) 1123 This dayes iourney was called for them the tearelesse battell.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 60 Canst thou teare-les gaze..on that prodigious Blaze, That hairie Commet..?
a1763 W. Shenstone Elegies xix, in Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 49 Ye saw with tearless eye When your fleet perish'd on the Punic wave.
1868 T. T. Lynch Rivulet (ed. 3) cxxxii. 160 A star, that..Shines..to point thy way On to the tearless country bright.
Derivatives
ˈtearlessly adv. in a tearless manner, without weeping.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > freedom from trouble, care, or sorrow > [adverb]
securely1550
carelessly1561
unanxiously1762
relaxedly1819
tearlessly1853
cloudlessly1869
the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > [adverb]
unpiteouslyc1390
unruefullya1400
unruthfullya1400
vengeably1412
ruthlessly1581
unpitifully1587
inhumanely1598
pitilessly1611
uncompassionately1612
incompassionately1639
unpityingly1741
impitiably1835
tearlessly1853
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adverb] > without manifestation of emotion > without tears
tearlessly1853
1853 C. Brontë Villette III. xxxii. 57 He watched tearlessly.
1894 Westm. Gaz. 1 Mar. 3/1 What could be more..tearlessly pathetic?
ˈtearlessness n. the quality or condition of being tearless.
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