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tearless

[ teer-lis ]

adjective

  1. not weeping or shedding tears. tear.
  2. unable to shed tears. tear.


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Other Word Forms

  • ٱ𲹰l· adverb
  • ٱ𲹰l·Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tearless1

First recorded in 1585–95; tear 1 + -less
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Example Sentences

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I was feeling fairly tough and moderately tearless until sorting night.

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One or two news photos would show her with swollen eyes, but tearless.

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During the six-hour flight back to London I sat bolt upright, tearless and unable to eat, drink or even visit the loo.

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We see mothers in fierce, tearless overdrive, like figures from Shakespearean tragedy.

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Often when I held him, he cried, a thin, desperate, tearless wail.

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