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tearful

tear·ful
T t

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [teer-fuh l]
    • /ˈtɪər fəl/
    • /ˈtɪə.fəl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [teer-fuh l]
    • /ˈtɪər fəl/

Definitions of tearful word

  • adjective tearful full of tears; weeping. 1
  • adjective tearful causing tears: the tearful story of his poverty. 1
  • adjective tearful person: verging on tears 1
  • adjective tearful person: in tears 1
  • adjective tearful gesture: showing sadness 1
  • adjective tearful occasion: sad 1

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Origin of tearful

First appearance:

before 1580
One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1580-90; tear1 + -ful

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Tearful

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

tearful popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 59% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

tearful usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for tearful

adj tearful

  • cornball — Cornball means the same as corny.
  • crying — notorious; lamentable (esp in the phrase crying shame)
  • dolent — (archaic) Sad, sorrowful.
  • heart-rending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
  • lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.

adjective tearful

  • bawling — to cry or wail lustily.
  • grieving — to feel grief or great sorrow: She has grieved over his death for nearly three years.
  • overemotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
  • wailing — to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering: to wail with pain.
  • weeping — expressing grief, sorrow, or any overwhelming emotion by shedding tears: weeping multitudes.

adverb tearful

  • heavily — with a great weight or burden: a heavily loaded wagon.
  • mawkishly — In a mawkish manner.
  • weepily — In a weepy manner.

noun tearful

  • mawkishness — characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin.

Top questions with tearful

  • why do i feel tearful for no reason?
  • what does tearful mean?

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