'Tearful' definitions:
Definition of 'tearful'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Tearful'
From: GCIDE
- Tearful \Tear"ful\, a. Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as, tearful eyes. -- {Tear"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Tear"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tearful'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aggrieved,
- anguished,
- blubbering,
- careworn,
- crying,
- dissolved in tears,
- doleful,
- dolorous,
- dumb with grief,
- grief-stricken,
- griefful,
- grieved,
- grievous,
- in grief,
- in tears,
- lachrymal,
- lachrymose,
- lacrimatory,
- lamentable,
- lugubrious,
- mournful,
- plaintive,
- plangent,
- plunged in grief,
- ready to cry,
- rueful,
- sniveling,
- sobbing,
- sorrowed,
- sorrowful,
- sorrowing,
- teary,
- weeping,
- weepy,
- whimpering,
- with eyes suffused,
- woeful
Words containing 'Tearful'
- Tear,
- Tearfully,
- Tearfulness,
- Tearing,
- To tear down,
- To tear off,
- To tear out,
- To tear up,
- tear down,
- tear from,
- tear into,
- tear off,
- tear out,
- tear up,
- tearing down,
- tears,
- Crocodile tears,
- Glass tears,
- Job's tears,
- Tears of wine,
- To tear a cat,
- Wear and tear,
- baby tears,
- baby's tears,
- glass tear,
- tear apart,
- tear away,
- tear duct,
- tear gas,
- tear gland,
- tear jerking,
- tear loose,
- tear sac,
- tear sheet,
- tear to pieces,
- Tear-falling,
- Tear-thumb,
- Tears of St Lawrence,
- tear gas grenade