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Definition of Tearful
1. Adjective. Filled with or marked by tears. "Tearful entreaties"
Derivative terms: Tearfulness
Antonyms: Tearless
2. Adjective. Showing sorrow.
Similar to: Sorrowful
Derivative terms: Dolor, Dolor, Tearfulness
Definition of Tearful
1. a. Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as, tearful eyes.
Definition of Tearful
1. Adjective. accompanied by tears. ¹
2. Adjective. sorrowful. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tearful
1. full of tears [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tearful
Literary usage of Tearful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The tearful comedy, 'Comedie larmoyante,1 pathetic and sentimental, had a
considerable popularity in England and France, and was sustained by the criticism ..."
2. Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River by Joseph Conrad (1895)
"... of Sambir the Trovatore fitfully wept, wailed, and bade good-bye to his Leonore
again and again in a mournful round of tearful and endless iteration. .4 ..."
3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1862)
"... the symbol and pledge of your final and complete enfranchisement Your silent
and tearful prayers to God for rescue from the despotism that enthrals you ..."
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