tearful en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈtɪə(ɹ)fəl/ (UK)
- /ˈtɪɹfʊl/ (General-American)
- /ˈtɪɹfəl/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈtɪə(ɹ)fʊl/ (UK)
Etymology
From tear + -ful.
Meanings
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Accompanied by tears; crying, or about to cry.
Aaron got a little tearful until Laura came to reassure him.
The week that was yet to elapse, she spent in wandering through her uncle's favourite walks in hours of tearful vigil, beside his tomb, and in collecting together every trifle on which he had set a value.
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Remembrance of the Dead”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 322:
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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.
1989 February 5, Craig G. Harris, “Your Life's All In Your Dreams And Your Dreams Are All In Your Life”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 29, page 9:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more tearful | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most tearful | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
untearful · tearless · unlachrymose · dry-eyed
Deriveds
tearfully · tearfulness · untearful
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
dewy-eyed · misty · teary-eyed
Relateds
Synonyms
heartsick · atrabiliary · disconsolate · disgruntled · miserable · larmoyant · heavy-hearted · heartsore · dispirited · depressed · ruthful · sobful · morose · unlively · passionate · dejected · melancholy · sullen · watery · lachrymate · wretched · blitheless · Plutonic · chopfallen · lachrymose · mournful · infelicitous · moist · unconsolable · plaintive · atrabilious · crying · jawfallen · elegious · querulous · mopey · solemn · shattered · forlorn · low · joyless · glum · sobbing · moody · disheartened · despondent · uncheery · mournful · lugubrious · uncheerful · woeful · melancholic · woe · blue · down in the dumps · saddened · chapfallen · weepy · inconsolable · grieving · despondent · cut up · downsome · tristful · sad · gloomy · down · unhappy · dull · weeping · cryey · sorrow-ridden · low-spirited · elegiac · dismal · lumpish · lachrymose · lamentful · teary · sombre · crysome · saturnine · sorrowful · lachrymose · Plutonian · bummed out · threnetic · cheerless · doleful · wistful · grief-stricken · triste · dolesome · downhearted · damp · woebegone · in tears · sorrowsome · crestfallen · tearful · maudlin · downcast · sobful · lachrymose · crysome · tearful · weepy · threnetical · down in the mouth · spiritless
Translations (79)
el δακρύβρεχτος (sorrowful) · hi रुआँसी (sorrowful) · pl rozpłakany (accompanied by tears) · lv raudulīgs (accompanied by tears) · it umido (accompanied by tears) · rup lãcãrmos (accompanied by tears) · hi अश्रुपूर्ण (accompanied by tears) · tr ağlamaklı (sorrowful) · nn tårevåt (accompanied by tears) · sv gråtmild (accompanied by tears) · ru глаза́ на мо́кром ме́сте (accompanied by tears) · bg тъжен (sorrowful) · tr yaslı (sorrowful) · cmn 淚汪汪 /泪汪汪 (accompanied by tears) · fr larmoyant (sorrowful) · nb tårevåt (accompanied by tears) · es lagrimoso (accompanied by tears) · ru по́лный слёз (accompanied by tears) · ja 涙ぐんだ (accompanied by tears) · xqa يَشْلِغْ (accompanied by tears) · mi tōwāwahi (accompanied by tears) · hy արցունքոտ (accompanied by tears) · ar دَامِع (accompanied by tears) · el κλαμένος (accompanied by tears) · pl żałosny (sorrowful) · pt lacrimejante (accompanied by tears) · pl rzewny (sorrowful) · nn tåredrypande (sorrowful) · es lacrimoso (accompanied by tears) · sv tårfylld (accompanied by tears) · cs uslzený (accompanied by tears) · hu könnyes (accompanied by tears) · fr larmoyant (accompanied by tears) · bg насълзен (accompanied by tears) · hu szomorú (sorrowful) · ro înlăcrimat (accompanied by tears) · da tårefyld (accompanied by tears) · nl betraand (accompanied by tears) · mi toriwai (accompanied by tears) · ota یاشلو (accompanied by tears) · nn tårefull (accompanied by tears) · pl zapłakany (accompanied by tears) · nb tårefylt (accompanied by tears) · el δακρυσμένος (accompanied by tears) · tr yaşlı (accompanied by tears) · tr acıklı (sorrowful) · de tränenreich (accompanied by tears) · pl łzawy (accompanied by tears) · cs uplakaný (accompanied by tears) · ru печа́льный (sorrowful) · nl vochtig (accompanied by tears) · tr gözyaşlı (accompanied by tears) · pl płaczliwy (accompanied by tears) · ru в слеза́х (accompanied by tears) · nb tåredryppende (sorrowful) · fr éploré (sorrowful) · hi रुआँसा (sorrowful) · it bagnato (accompanied by tears) · oui yʾšlyγ (yašlïɣ) (accompanied by tears) · cmn 淚眼汪汪 /泪眼汪汪 (accompanied by tears) · es lloroso (accompanied by tears) · tr gözü yaşlı (sorrowful) · fr au bord des larmes (accompanied by tears) · fa تر (accompanied by tears) · pl stroskany (sorrowful) · mi matawaia (accompanied by tears) · it piangente (accompanied by tears) · nb gråtkvalt (sorrowful) · mi matawai (accompanied by tears) · fi kyyneleinen (accompanied by tears) · nn gråtfull (accompanied by tears) · it lacrimoso (accompanied by tears) · fi kyyneleinen (sorrowful) · nb forgrått (accompanied by tears) · lv raudulīgs (sorrowful) · el έτοιμος να βάλει τα κλάματα (accompanied by tears) · ru запла́канный (accompanied by tears) · fi itkun partaalla (accompanied by tears) · rup lãcrimos (accompanied by tears)