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Dictionary: tear·y   (tîr'ē) pronunciation

adj., -i·er, -i·est.
    1. Filled or wet with tears: teary eyes.
    2. Of or resembling tears.
  1. Causing weeping: a teary movie; a teary goodbye.
  2. Inclined to weep: He becomes teary when he reminisces.
tearily tear'i·ly adv.
teariness tear'i·ness n.

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adjective

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

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: with eyes full of tears
  Synonyms: teary-eyed, watery-eyed


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tårefyldt

Nederlands (Dutch)
met tranen bedekt

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

Deutsch (German)
adj. - mit Tränen bedeckt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - δακρύβρεκτος

Italiano (Italian)
lacrimoso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - choroso

Русский (Russian)
мокрый от слез

Español (Spanish)
adj. - lloroso, conmovedor

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - tår-, tårfylld, med tårar

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
哭泣的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 哭泣的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 눈물의, 눈물이 곧 떨어질듯한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 涙にぬれた, 涙の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) باك, دامع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בוכה, שטוף דמעות, דומה לדמעה‬


 
 
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