tearful
adjective
tear·ful
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Definition of tearful
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Other Words from tearful
tearfully
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adverb
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adverb
tearfulness
noun
Examples of tearful in a Sentence
He looked up at me with his tearful eyes and asked for help.
the tearful parting of two lovers
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Sitting in the audience — often tearful themselves — were Danielle and Stephen Corbin’s families. — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, "This couple has been homeless and jobless. Last week, they graduated from a D.C. charter high school.," 25 July 2019 After the ruling, there were tearful hugs in the courthouse hallway among supporters of the boy who no longer faces charges. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Judge: No evidence of street race in crash that killed San Marcos teen," 16 July 2019 Surely the biggest moment of the season was Virgil Abloh’s debut at Louis Vuitton, with its musicians on the runway and that tearful hug with Kanye West. — Vogue, "Men’s Fashion Week in 60 Seconds," 25 June 2018 Four officers were called to the witness stand over the weeks-long trial, giving tearful testimony of that fateful day. — Evan Sernoffsky, SFChronicle.com, "SFPD officer’s miraculous recovery after hit-and-run left him severely brain-damaged," 9 July 2019 Quickly, and disappointingly, the scripts thinned, looping back to the same arguments and the same tearful monologues, so much so that the episodes started to give me déjà vu. — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, "The Disappointing, Emmy-Baiting Finale of “Big Little Lies” Season 2," 22 July 2019 In tearful remarks in court, Soto’s sister, Jasmine, pleaded for justice and spoke of her brother’s dream of becoming a firefighter and his devotion to his daughter. — Madeline Buckley, chicagotribune.com, "Gun trafficker tied to fatal shooting of 15-year-old boy given 5 1/2 years in prison," 15 July 2019 This one is a tough one since there were a lot of tearful goodbyes at the end of the season. — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, "Everything We Know About "Stranger Things" Season 4," 4 July 2019 As several of the players covered their heads with the hoods of their sweatshirts or their tearful eyes with their hands, Ausmus wept into the microphone in front of him. — Dylan Hernandez, latimes.com, "Tyler Skaggs’ death stirs memories, emotions in Angels manager Brad Ausmus," 2 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tearful.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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tearful
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of tearful
: filled with tears
: happening with tears
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tearful
adjective
tear·ful
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Kids Definition of tearful
: flowing with, accompanied by, or causing tears
a tearful goodbye
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