TEARFUL

dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping

(adjective) showing sorrow

tearful

(adjective) filled with or marked by tears; “tearful eyes”; “tearful entreaties”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

tearful (comparative more tearful, superlative most tearful)

Accompanied by tears; crying, or about to cry.

Sorrowful.

Synonym: lachrymose

Anagrams

• faulter, refutal

Source: Wiktionary


Tear"ful, a.

Definition: Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as, tearful eyes.

– Tear"ful*ly, adv.

– Tear"ful*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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