Definition of tearful Tearful

/tɪˈɹfʌl/ - [tirful] - tear•ful

We found 6 definitions of tearful from 4 different sources.

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What does tearful mean?

WordNet

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Adjective

tearful, tearfuller, tearfullest

tearful - filled with or marked by tears; "tearful eyes"; "tearful entreaties"
  dry-eyed, tearless free from tears
  swimming, liquid clear and bright; "the liquid air of a spring morning"; "eyes shining with a liquid luster"; "limpid blue eyes"
  misty-eyed having eyes blurred as with tears; "sad and misty-eyed"
  teary, teary-eyed, watery-eyed with eyes full of tears
  sniffly, snuffling, snuffly liable to sniffle
tearful - showing sorrow
  dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, weeping
  sorrowful experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13
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  • tearful (a.)
    Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as, tearful eyes.

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  • tearful, adjective.

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