Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tearful"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tearful \Tear"ful\, a.
Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as, tearful
eyes. -- {Tear"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Tear"ful*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tearful
adj 1: filled with or marked by tears; "tearful eyes"; "tearful
entreaties" [ant: {tearless}]
2: showing sorrow [syn: {dolorous}, {dolourous}, {lachrymose},
{weeping}]
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