tearful

[ teer-fuh l ]

/ ˈtɪər fəl /

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adjective

full of tears; weeping.

causing tears: the tearful story of his poverty.

Origin of tearful

First recorded in 1580–90; tear¹ + -ful

OTHER WORDS FROM tearful

tear·ful·ly, adverb tear·ful·ness, noun half-tear·ful, adjective half-tear·ful·ly, adverb

half-tear·ful·ness, noun

Words nearby tearful

tear-out, tear-stained, tearaway, teardown, teardrop, tearful, tearing, tearjerker, tearless, tearoom, tears

Example sentences from the Web for tearful

Dozens 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

tearful

/ (ˈtɪəfʊl) /

adjective

about to cry

accompanying or indicative of weeping a tearful expression

tending to produce tears; sad

Derived forms of tearful

tearfully, adverb tearfulness, noun

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tearful

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