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adjectivefull of tears; weeping. causing tears: the tearful story of his poverty. Origin of tearfulFirst recorded in 1580–90; tear1 + -ful OTHER WORDS FROM tearfultear·ful·ly, adverbtear·ful·ness, nounhalf-tearful, adjectivehalf-tear·ful·ly, adverb half-tear·ful·ness, noun Words nearby tearfultearaway, tear bomb, teardown, teardrop, tear duct, tearful, tear gas, tearing, tear into, tear it, tearjerker Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tearfulDozens of tearful family members huddled at the Surabaya and Singapore airports, anxiously awaiting news of loved ones. The Presumed Crash of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Is Nothing Like MH370|Lennox Samuels|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST Attacked on Twitter and by outraged columnists for promoting sexism, Taylor issued a tearful public apology. Feminism Has Gone Too Far|Lizzie Crocker|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST “We lost five members of the family and about 20 kids became orphans,” he said, in a tearful phone interview. Obama's Pentagon Covered Up War Crimes in Afghanistan, Says Amnesty International|Nico Hines, Sami Yousafzai|August 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST A few days after his arrest, she paid him a tearful visit at the West Side prison on Fifty fourth Street. Portrait of the Consummate Con Man|John Lardner|May 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Standing on the pier was a crowd of tearful fans, dressed in their best flapper frocks. Tallulah Bankhead: Gay, Drunk and Liberated in an Era of Excess Art|Judith Mackrell|January 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST Both spoke with tearful eyes and quivering lip of his worth and loveliness. Arthur Hamilton, and His Dog|Anonymous It was very pleasant to see the blushing girl hiding her tearful face in the old man's arms. Mirk Abbey, Volume 3(of 3)|James Payn The Royal visit to Babelsberg came to an end all too soon, and the leave-taking was tearful and emotional in the extreme. The Empress Frederick; a memoir|Anonymous I looked at the balance with tearful eyes, and resolved to tell parents, kindred and friends adieu. The Story of a Life|J. Breckenridge Ellis But Ann Holland's tearful face, with its expression of profound grief and pity, was too real for her story to be a dream. Brought Home|Hesba Stretton
British Dictionary definitions for tearful
adjectiveabout to cry accompanying or indicative of weepinga tearful expression tending to produce tears; sad Derived forms of tearfultearfully, adverbtearfulness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to tearfuldistressed, dolorous, lachrymose, lamentable, lamenting, moist, mournful, pathetic, pitiful, poignant, sad, sorrowful, watery, weeping, weepy, wet, woeful, bawling, blubbering, pitiable |