tearful

adj.

1. Filled with or accompanied by tears: tearful eyes; a tearful farewell.
2. So piteous as to excite tears: a tearful melodrama.

tearfully tear'ful·ly adv.
tearfulness tear'ful·ness n.

adjective

Filled with or shedding tears: lachrymose, teary, weeping, weepy. Idioms: in tears. See happy/unhappy.

adj

Definition: crying, very upset
Antonyms: cheerful, happy

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: filled with or marked by tears
  Antonym: tearless (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: showing sorrow
  Synonyms: dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, weeping

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - grådkvalt, grædende, med tårer

Nederlands (Dutch)
betraand, huilerig

Français (French)
adj. - en larmes, larmoyant, ému (péj), éploré

Deutsch (German)
adj. - tränenreich, weinend, traurig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - δακρυσμένος, δακρύβρεκτος

Italiano (Italian)
lacrimoso, piagnucoloso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - choroso, triste, lamentável

Русский (Russian)
плачущий, слезливый, печальный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - lloroso, lacrimoso, lastimoso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - tårfylld, tårdränkt, gråtmild, gråt-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
含泪的, 流泪的, 悲伤的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 含淚的, 流淚的, 悲傷的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 눈물 어린, 자주 우는, 슬픈

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 涙ぐんだ, 涙もろい, 涙を誘うような

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مسيل للدموع, دامع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮גורם לדמעות, דומע, נוטה לבכי‬

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