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- 1. crying or inclined to cry: "a tearful infant" Similar Opposite
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tearful | American Dictionary. adjective. us / ˈtɪər·fəl / Add to word list. with tears of sadness: The school year ended with tearful farewells to favorite teachers and best friends.
The meaning of TEARFUL is flowing with or accompanied by tears. How to use tearful in a sentence.
Tearful definition: full of tears; weeping.. See examples of TEARFUL used in a sentence.
If someone is tearful, their face or voice shows signs that they have been crying or that they want to cry. She became very tearful when pressed to talk about it. American English : tearful / ˈtɪərfəl /
Definition of tearful adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective. us / ˈtɪər·fəl / Add to word list. with tears of sadness: The school year ended with tearful farewells to favorite teachers and best friends.
Define tearful. tearful synonyms, tearful pronunciation, tearful translation, English dictionary definition of tearful. adj. 1. Filled with or accompanied by tears: tearful eyes; a tearful farewell. 2. So piteous as to excite tears: a tearful melodrama. tear′ful·ly adv....
If a person is tearful, he or she is full of tears. Most of them haven't flowed, but you can see them in someone's eyes. If you break out in a full-fledged cry, you're no longer tearful, you're weeping. If something is tearful, there are lots of tears involved.
Synonyms for TEARFUL: emotional, weeping, crying, teary, weepy, lachrymose, sobbing, sad; Antonyms of TEARFUL: smiling, laughing, grinning, beaming, cheerful, jovial, happy, giggling
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English tear‧ful /ˈtɪəfəl $ ˈtɪr-/ (also teary informal) adjective someone who is tearful is crying a little, or almost crying a tearful farewell —tearfully adverb She looked at me tearfully.
