[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tearful \tear"ful\, a.
   abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as, tearful
   eyes. -- tear"fully, adv. -- tear"fulness, n.
   1913 webster
see also:
tear"fully tear"fulness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

tearful
     adj 1: filled with or marked by tears; "tearful eyes"; "tearful
            entreaties" ant: tearless
     2: showing sorrow syn: dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose,
        weeping
see also:
tearless dolorous dolourous lachrymose weeping 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

37 moby thesaurus words for "tearful":
   aggrieved, anguished, blubbering, careworn, crying,
   dissolved in tears, doleful, dolorous, dumb with grief,
   grief-stricken, griefful, grieved, grievous, in grief, in tears,
   lachrymal, lachrymose, lacrimatory, lamentable, lugubrious,
   mournful, plaintive, plangent, plunged in grief, ready to cry,
   rueful, sniveling, sobbing, sorrowed, sorrowful, sorrowing, teary,
   weeping, weepy, whimpering, with eyes suffused, woeful

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