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tearful
/'tiəfʊl/
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  1. adjective
    showing sorrow

    Similar: 

    dolorous dolourous lachrymose weeping sorrowful
  2. adjective
    filled with or marked by tears
    "tearful eyes" "tearful entreaties"

    Similar: 

    liquid misty-eyed sniffly snuffling snuffly weepy swimming teary teary-eyed watery-eyed
    Opposite:
    tearless
Definition that contains tearful
  • laurel United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965)
  • whine talk in a tearful manner
  • sniveling whining in a tearful manner
  • tearfully with tears; in a tearful manner
  • melancholia extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears
  • snivel whining in a tearful manner
  • snivel talk in a tearful manner
  • stan laurel United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965)
  • arthur stanley jefferson laurel United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965)
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