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tearful

[teer-fuhl]

adjective

  1. full of tears; tear; weeping.

  2. causing tears: tear.

    the tearful story of his poverty.



tearful

/ ˈɪəʊ /

adjective

  1. about to cry

  2. accompanying or indicative of weeping

    a tearful expression

  3. tending to produce tears; sad

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • tearfully adverb
  • tearfulness noun
  • half-tearful adjective
  • half-tearfully adverb
  • half-tearfulness noun
  • ˈٱ𲹰ڳܱ adverb
  • ˈٱ𲹰ڳܱԱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tearful1

First recorded in 1580–90; tear 1 + -ful
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After several phone calls, she flew over to Seoul to meet Ms Han, where the two had a tearful reunion at the airport.

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Other relatives gasped and appeared tearful as they sat metres away from the dock where the two boys sat.

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In Yarrabah, Ms Andrews becomes suddenly tearful, telling how her two daughters, studying at university in Brisbane, were intimidated and got "so many racist remarks" after the vote.

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Ms Hurley said she had felt "very emotional and very tearful" since the conclusion of the case.

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On Wednesday, Himanshi bid a tearful farewell to her husband as he lay in a coffin draped with the Indian flag.

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