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Word entry · 7 letters

tearful

Best crossword clue

"Full of tears"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɪə(ɹ)fʊl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aeflrtuStarts with TEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
1T2E3A4R5F6U7L

Definitions

  1. Showing tears or deep sadness.

Word origin

From tear + -ful.

Used in a sentence

  • Aaron got a little tearful until Laura came to reassure him.
  • The week that was yet to elapse, she spent in wandering through her uncle's favourite walks in hours of tearful vigil, beside his tomb, and in collecting together every trifle on which he had set a value.
  • Receiving the news of Joseph Beam's death two days after Christmas was a piercing blow that sent me into a tearful and contemplative stupor from which I have not yet emerged.

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