tearful
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tearful
- /ˈtɪə(ɹ)fʊl/ UK
- /ˈtɪə(ɹ)fəl/ UK
- /ˈtɪɹfʊl/ US
- /ˈtɪɹfəl/ US
Rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)fəl, -ɪə(ɹ)fʊl
Where it comes from
From tear + -ful.
adjective more tearful · most tearful
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Accompanied by tears; crying, or about to cry.
Aaron got a little tearful until Laura came to reassure him.
Similar: crysome, lachrymose, weepy, crying, in tears, sobbing, sobful, tearful, weeping
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Sorrowful.
Receiving the news of Joseph Beam's death two days after Christmas was a piercing blow that sent me into a tearful and contemplative stupor from which I have not yet emerged.
Similar: despondent, lachrymose, mournful, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerless, chopfallen
Similar: cryey, crysome, lachrymate, lachrymose, larmoyant, maudlin, moist, sobful, tearful, teary, watery, weepy · Opposite: dry-eyed, tearless, unlachrymose, untearful
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: weepy, teary, weeping, teary-eyed, lachrymose, sorrowful, dolorous, dolourous, misty-eyed, snuffling, sniffly, sniffling, snuffly, watery, swimming, liquid
Translations
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adj accompanied by tears
| Español | lloroso, lacrimoso, lagrimoso |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 涙ぐんだ namida gunda |
| 中文 | 淚汪汪 /泪汪汪 lèiwāngwāng, 淚眼汪汪 /泪眼汪汪 lèiyǎn wāngwāng |
| हिन्दी | अश्रुपूर्ण aśrupūrṇ |
| Português | lacrimejante |
| Français | au bord des larmes, larmoyant |
| Deutsch | tränenreich |
| Italiano | bagnato, lacrimoso, piangente, umido |
| Ελληνικά | δακρυσμένος dakrysménos, έτοιμος να βάλει τα κλάματα étoimos na válei ta klámata, κλαμένος klaménos |
| Română | înlăcrimat |
| Русский | глаза́ на мо́кром ме́сте glazá na mókrom méste, по́лный слёз pólnyj sljoz, в слеза́х v slezáx, запла́канный zaplákannyj |
| العربية | دَامِع dāmiʕ |
adj sorrowful
| हिन्दी | रुआँसा ruā̃sā, रुआँसी ruā̃sī |
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| Français | éploré, larmoyant |
| Ελληνικά | δακρύβρεχτος dakrývrechtos |
| Русский | печа́льный pečálʹnyj |
Talk about this word "tearful." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tearful. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tearful. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tearful "tearful." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tearful.Cite this
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title = {tearful},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tearful},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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