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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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