tearful

English

Etymology

From tear +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɪə(ɹ)fʊl/, /ˈtɪə(ɹ)fəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɪɹfʊl/, /ˈtɪɹfəl/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)fʊl, -ɪɹfʊl, -ɪə(ɹ)fəl, -ɪɹfəl

Adjective

tearful (comparative more tearful, superlative most tearful)

1. Accompanied by tears; crying, or about to cry.

   Aaron was a little tearful until Laura came to reassure him.

2. Sorrowful.

   Synonym: lachrymose

Derived terms

• tearfully
• tearfulness

Translations

accompanied by tears

• Arabic: دَامِع‎ (dāmiʕ)
• Aromanian: lãcãrmos, lãcrimos
• Bulgarian: насълзен (bg) (nasǎlzen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 淚汪汪／泪汪汪 (zh) (lèiwāngwāng), 淚眼汪汪／泪眼汪汪 (lèiyǎn wāngwāng)

• Czech: uslzený, uplakaný
• Danish: tårefyld
• Dutch: betraand (nl), vochtig (nl)
• Finnish: itkun partaalla, kyyneleinen
• French: au bord des larmes (fr), larmoyant (fr)
• German: tränenreich (de)
• Greek: δακρυσμένος (el) (dakrysménos), έτοιμος να βάλει τα κλάματα (étoimos na válei ta klámata), κλαμένος (el) (klaménos)
• Hungarian: könnyes (hu)
• Italian: bagnato (it), lacrimoso, piangente (it), umido (it)
• 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: forgrått, tårefylt, tårevåt

  Nynorsk: gråtfull, tårefull, tårevåt

• Old Uyghur: yʾšlyγ (yašlïɣ)
• Ottoman Turkish: یاشلو‎ (yaşlı)
• Persian: تر‎ (fa) (tar)
• Polish: zapłakany (pl), rozpłakany, płaczliwy (pl), łzawy (pl)
• Portuguese: lacrimejante
• Romanian: înlăcrimat (ro)
• Russian: глаза́ на мо́кром ме́сте (ru) (glazá na mókrom méste) (figuratively), по́лный слёз (pólnyj sljoz), в слеза́х (ru) (v slezáx), запла́канный (ru) (zaplákannyj)
• Spanish: lloroso (es), lacrimoso, lagrimoso (es)
• Swedish: gråtmild (sv), tårfylld (sv)
• Turkish: gözyaşlı,

sorrowful

• Bulgarian: тъжен (bg) (tǎžen)
• Finnish: kyyneleinen
• French: larmoyant (fr)
• Greek: δακρύβρεχτος (el) (dakrývrechtos)
• Hungarian: szomorú (hu)
• Latvian: raudulīgs
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tåredryppende, gråtkvalt

  Nynorsk: tåredrypande

• Polish: żałosny (pl), stroskany, rzewny (pl)
• Russian: печа́льный (ru) (pečálʹnyj)
• Turkish: yaslı (tr), gözü yaşlı, ağlamaklı (tr)

Anagrams

• faulter, refutal