All tearful synonyms
tear·ful
T t adj tearful
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- cornball — Cornball means the same as corny.
- maudlin — tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental: a maudlin story of a little orphan and her lost dog.
- heart-rending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- lovey-dovey — amorously affectionate: a lovey-dovey couple.
- crying — notorious; lamentable (esp in the phrase crying shame)
- dolent — (archaic) Sad, sorrowful.
adjective tearful
- grieving — to feel grief or great sorrow: She has grieved over his death for nearly three years.
- whimpering — Present participle of whimper.
- bawling — to cry or wail lustily.
- weeping — expressing grief, sorrow, or any overwhelming emotion by shedding tears: weeping multitudes.
- weepy — weeping or tending to weep; tearful; lachrymose.
- wailing — to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering: to wail with pain.
- overemotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
adverb tearful
noun tearful
- mawkishness — characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin.