English adjective: tearful | |||
| 1. | tearful filled with or marked by tears | ||
| Samples | Tearful eyes. Tearful entreaties. | ||
| Similar | liquid, misty-eyed, sniffly, snuffling, snuffly, swimming, teary, teary-eyed, watery-eyed, weepy | ||
| Antonyms | dry-eyed, tearless | ||
| 2. | tearful showing sorrow | ||
| Synonyms | dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, weeping | ||
| Similar | sorrowful | ||
| Antonyms | joyful | ||