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Tearful

🔄 Synonyms of "Tearful"

16 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
sorrowful	exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person)
dolorous	Solemnly or ponderously sad.
weepingnoun	Action of the verb to weep.
lachrymose	Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.
snufflingnoun	A breathy noise; a snuffle
weepynoun	Inclined to weep; tearful or lachrymose.
dolourous	Obsolete form of dolorous. [Solemnly or ponderously sad.]
teary	Of a person, having eyes filled with tears; inclined to cry.
watery	Resembling or characteristic of water.
liquidnoun	(physical chemistry) A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.
misty-eyed	Synonym of dewy-eyed.
teary-eyed	Having tears in one's eyes, as if from crying.
swimmingnoun	The act or art of sustaining and propelling the body in water.
snuffly	Given to sniffling, to making snuffling noises.
sniffly	Inclined to sniffle.
watery-eyed	with eyes full of tears

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
dry-eyed	Not having shed tears.
tearless	Without tears.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
weepy	Inclined to weep; tearful or lachrymose.
teary	Of a person, having eyes filled with tears; inclined to cry.
weepingnoun	Action of the verb to weep.
teary-eyed	Having tears in one's eyes, as if from crying.
lachrymose	Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.
sorrowful	exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person)
dolorous	Solemnly or ponderously sad.
dolourous	Obsolete form of dolorous. [Solemnly or ponderously sad.]
misty-eyed	Synonym of dewy-eyed.
snufflingnoun	A breathy noise; a snuffle
sniffly	Inclined to sniffle.
snifflingnoun	A sniffle sound or action.
snuffly	Given to sniffling, to making snuffling noises.
waterynoun	Resembling or characteristic of water.
swimmingnoun	The act or art of sustaining and propelling the body in water.
liquid	(physical chemistry) Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.
watery-eyed	with eyes full of tears
cryful	Characterised by cries or crying; crysome.
tearsome	Marked by tears or weeping
tearjerkingnoun	(informal) Emotionally charged so as to induce sorrow.