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tears¹

  • /tɪɹz/ US
  • /tɪəz/ UK
  • /tiːɹz/ Scotland

Rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)z

noun

  1. plural plural of tear (“liquid from the eyes”)
  2. Viscous streaks left on the inside of the glass when certain wines are swirled around before tasting.

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of tear

interjection

  1. Internet, abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of in tears (“laughing; in disbelief”) Tears man genuinely the worst romance manga I’ve ever laid eyes upon😭😭😭

tears²

  • /tɛɹz/ US
  • /tɛəz/ UK
  • /teːɹz/ Scotland

noun

  1. plural plural of tear (“rip”)

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of tear

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: crying, weeping, tear-gas, rents, benders, breakages, breaks, cries, eyes, lacerations, rends, rifts, rips, sobs, sprees, wept

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MLA

"tears." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tears. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

tears. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tears

Chicago

"tears." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tears.

BibTeX
@misc{tears_2026,
  title = {tears},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tears},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}