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tearful
/ ˈɪəʊ /
adjective
- about to cry
- accompanying or indicative of weeping
a tearful expression
- tending to produce tears; sad
Derived Forms
- ˈٱڳܱ, adverb
- ˈٱڳܱԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ٱfܱ· adverb
- ٱfܱ·Ա noun
- -ٱfܱ adjective
- half-ٱfܱ· adverb
- half-ٱfܱ·Ա noun
Example Sentences
In Yarrabah, Ms Andrews becomes suddenly tearful, telling how her two daughters, studying at university in Brisbane, were intimidated and got "so many racist remarks" after the vote.
Ms Hurley said she had felt "very emotional and very tearful" since the conclusion of the case.
On Wednesday, Himanshi bid a tearful farewell to her husband as he lay in a coffin draped with the Indian flag.
Mourinho gets out of the car and the pair share a tender, tearful embrace before Mourinho goes back to the vehicle and ultimately turns his back on Inter.
During a tearful interview last month, she said the craniotomy - which involved part of her skull being removed to take out the tumour - was "the hardest thing" she had been through.
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