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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
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.
She becomes tearful while explaining how everything she loves about her life could soon be flattened, sold off or turned into a building site.
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