tearful

English

Etymology

tear +‎ -ful

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɪɹfʊl/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɪəfʊl/
Rhymes: -ɪərfʊl

Adjective

tearful (comparative more tearful, superlative most tearful)

accompanied by tears.
Aaron was a little tearful until Laura came to reassure him.
sorrowful.
Synonym: lachrymose

Translations

accompanied by tears

Aromanian: lãcãrmos, lãcrimos
Chinese:
Mandarin: 淚汪汪 (zh), 泪汪汪 (zh) (lèiwāngwāng)
Finnish: kyyneleinen
French: larmoyant (fr)
German: tränenreich (de)
Greek: δακρυσμένος (el) (dakrysménos), κλαμένος (el) (klaménos), έτοιμος να βάλει τα κλάματα (étoimos na válei ta klámata)
Hungarian: könnyes (hu)
Japanese: 涙ぐんだ (なみだぐんだ, namida gunda)
Karakhanid: يَشْلِغْ‎ (yašlïɣ)
Latvian: raudulīgs

Maori: matawai, matawaia, toriwai, tōwāwahi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tårevåt

Nynorsk: tårevåt
Old Uyghur: yʾšlyγ (yašlïɣ)
Ottoman Turkish: ياشلو‎ (yaşlı)
Portuguese: lacrimejante
Romanian: înlăcrimat (ro)
Russian: в слеза́х (ru) (v slezáx), по́лный слёз (pólnyj sljoz), запла́канный (ru) (zaplákannyj)
Swedish: tårfylld, gråtmild (sv)
Turkish: yaşlı (tr) (yaşlı)

sorrowful

Finnish: kyyneleinen
French: larmoyant (fr)
Greek: δακρύβρεχτος (el) (dakrývrechtos)

Hungarian: szomorú (hu)
Latvian: raudulīgs
Russian: печа́льный (ru) (pečálʹnyj)

Anagrams

faulter, refutal

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