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Adjective: tearful  tir-ful [N. Amer], ti-u-fûl [Brit]
  1. Filled with or marked by tears
    "tearful eyes"; "tearful entreaties"
     
  2. Showing sorrow
    - dolorous, dolourous [Brit, non-standard], lachrymose, weeping

See also: liquid, misty-eyed, sniffly, snuffling, snuffly, sorrowful, swimming, tearfully, tearfulness, teary, teary-eyed, watery-eyed, weepy

Antonym: tearless

Nearest

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