ADJECTIVE | all | tearful | filled with or marked by tears |
---|---|---|---|
all | tearful, dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, weeping | showing sorrow |
Sounds | tih'rfahl | |
---|---|---|
Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | Filled with or marked by tears. | |
---|---|---|
Examples |
| |
Narrower | liquid, swimming | Filled or brimming with tears |
misty-eyed | Having eyes blurred as with tears | |
sniffly, snuffling, snuffly | liable to sniffle | |
teary, teary-eyed, watery-eyed | With eyes full of tears | |
weepy | liable to weep easily | |
Opposite | tearless, dry-eyed | Free from tears |
Spanish | lloroso | |
Nouns | tearfulness | sadness expressed by weeping |
Meaning | showing sorrow. | |
---|---|---|
Synonyms | dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, weeping | |
Broader | sorrowful | Experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss |
Spanish | afligido, dolido, lacrimógeno, lacrimoso, lloroso | |
Catalan | afligit, dolgut, plorós | |
Nouns | tearfulness | sadness expressed by weeping |
Adverbs | tearfully | with tears |
©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact