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TEARFUL

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Dictionary entry overview: What does tearful mean?

• TEARFUL (adjective)
The adjective TEARFUL has 2 senses:

1. filled with or marked by tears
2. showing sorrow

Familiarity information: TEARFUL used as an adjective is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TEARFUL (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Filled with or marked by tears

Context examples:

tearful eyes / tearful entreaties

Similar:

liquid; swimming (filled or brimming with tears)

misty-eyed (having eyes blurred as with tears)

teary; teary-eyed; watery-eyed (with eyes full of tears)

sniffly; snuffling; snuffly (liable to sniffle)

weepy (liable to weep easily)

Antonym:

tearless (free from tears)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Showing sorrow

Synonyms:

dolorous; dolourous; lachrymose; weeping; tearful

Similar:

sorrowful (experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss)

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