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South Koreans who have seen and praised the mass games should remember the hardship of tearful children. Teachers drive them hard with curses and orders to repeat and repeat. When the children return home in the evening, they can hardly walk.
Kim Il-sung

Meaning of "tearful" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TEARFUL

tearful  [ˈtɪəfʊl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TEARFUL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tearful is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TEARFUL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

tearful

Crying

Crying is the shedding of tears in response to an emotional state in humans. The act of crying has been defined as "a complex secretomotor phenomenon characterized by the shedding of tears from the lacrimal apparatus, without any irritation of the ocular structures". A related medical term is lacrimation, which also refers to non-emotional shedding of tears. A neuronal connection between the lacrimal gland and the areas of the human brain involved with emotion has been established. Some scientists believe that only humans produce tears in response to emotional states, while others disagree. Charles Darwin wrote in The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals that the keepers of Indian elephants in the London Zoo told him that their charges shed tears in sorrow. Tears produced during emotional crying have a chemical composition which differs from other types of tears. They contain significantly greater quantities of the hormones prolactin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, Leu-enkephalin, and the elements potassium and manganese.

Definition of tearful in the English dictionary

The first definition of tearful in the dictionary is about to cry. Other definition of tearful is accompanying or indicative of weeping. Tearful is also tending to produce tears; sad.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TEARFUL


careful
ˈkɛəfʊl
characterful
ˈkærɪktəfʊl
cheerful
ˈtʃɪəfʊl
colorful
ˈkʌləfʊl
colourful
ˈkʌləfʊl
direful
ˈdaɪəfʊl
earful
ˈɪəfʊl
fearful
ˈfɪəfʊl
flavorful
ˈfleɪvəfʊl
flavourful
ˈfleɪvəfʊl
humorful
ˈhjuːməfʊl
ireful
ˈaɪəfʊl
masterful
ˈmɑːstəfʊl
powerful
ˈpaʊəfʊl
prayerful
ˈprɛəfʊl
saucerful
ˈsɔːsəfʊl
sneerful
ˈsnɪəfʊl
uncheerful
ʌnˈtʃɪəfʊl
unfearful
ʌnˈfɪəfʊl
wonderful
ˈwʌndəfʊl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TEARFUL

tear sheet
tear someone off a strip
tear-jerker
tear-off
tear-stained
tearable
tearaway
teardown
teardrop
tearer
tearfully
tearfulness
tearier
teariest
tearily
teariness
tearing
tearless
tearlessly
tearoom

WORDS THAT END LIKE TEARFUL

all-powerful
barful
carful
despairful
dipperful
drawerful
dropperful
flowerful
humourful
jarful
odourful
pitcherful
quiverful
showerful
slumberful
superpowerful
terrorful
tumblerful
udderful
ultrapowerful

Synonyms and antonyms of tearful in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TEARFUL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «tearful» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of tearful

Translation of «tearful» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TEARFUL

Find out the translation of tearful to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tearful from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tearful» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

有泪的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lloroso
570 millions of speakers

English

tearful
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शोकाकुल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دامعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

слезным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

choroso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অশ্রুপূর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

larmoyant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menguap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tränenvoll
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

涙ぐんだ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

눈물 어린
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tearful
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rơi lệ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கண்ணீர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रडणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ağlamaklı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incline al pianto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

płaczliwy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

слізним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tearful
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δακρυσμένος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tranerig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gråtmild
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tårevått
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tearful

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TEARFUL»

The term «tearful» is quite widely used and occupies the 42.993 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TEARFUL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tearful

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QUOTES WITH «TEARFUL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tearful.
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Kim Il-sung
South Koreans who have seen and praised the mass games should remember the hardship of tearful children. Teachers drive them hard with curses and orders to repeat and repeat. When the children return home in the evening, they can hardly walk.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TEARFUL»

Discover the use of tearful in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tearful and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Tearful Celebration: Finding God in the Midst of Loss
Means grapples with the mysteries of God and finds meaning in catastrophe. This book contains no glib platitudes and no shallow apologetic for the bitter realism of suffering.
Dr. James Means, 2010
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Tearful Youth:
Tearful Youth is the story about Simon Chan, a young man full of patriotic zeal, who returns to his homeland -- China from Hong Kong to study at a university in mid fifties. Instead, he finds himself trying to keep one step ahead of the ...
Wen Shaoxian, 2012
3
Tearful Joys!
Keep a tissue box handy; you may need it. "Tearful Joys!" is full of the emotions of tears of sadness and also those happy tears of joy.
Mary Levenhagen, Laura Cahane, 2007
4
Tearful Journey for Freedom
A tragic act of senseless violence tears at a family's heart.
Conrad Bullard, 2003
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My Cheerful, Sometimes Tearful, Walk With God
His hope is that somewhere in this book there will be some lines that will fit each person who reads the book.
Carrell Dowies, 2008
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Unity of Corinthian Correspondence
Chapter 10 THE TEARFUL LETTER In chs. 2 and 7 of 2 Corinthians, Paul refers to an earlier letter, written 'out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears' (2.4 NIV). Traditionally (and, I believe, correctly) this letter has been ...
David R. Hall, 2003
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Transpersonal Psychology in Psychoanalytic Perspective
States of spiritual excess are of three main types: intoxication, tearful rejoicing, and ravishment. Contrary to experiences like dread, trance, and engulfment, these states indicate that numinous power is working primarily within the ego (i.e. , ...
Michael Washburn, 1994
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Commentary on Second Corinthians (Commentary on the New ...
“In sorrow” contrasts with the Corinthians' joy, for which Paul and company are working in cooperation with each other (1:24). His tearful letter made them sorrowful, however; and his having written it “through many tears” stresses his own ...
Robert H. Gundry, 2011
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Holy Tears: Weeping in the Religious Imagination
The midwife is asked to perform these tearful duties that the ancestors can no longer manage, even though she might sound clumsy by comparison. She respectfully accepts this duty from the elders who have been both weeping to her and ...
Kimberley Christine Patton, John Stratton Hawley, 2005
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Rescuing the Rebbe of Belz: Belzer Chassidus : History, ...
CHAPTER. 23. TEARFUL. DEPARTURE. EFORE THEY LEFT HUNGARY, THEY HAD TO ATTEND to several urgent matters. One obstacle was the imprisonment of several activists for their involvement in smuggling Jews from Nazi ...
Yosef Israel, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TEARFUL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tearful is used in the context of the following news items.
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Luke Wilson consoles his tearful ex girlfriend Meg Simpson in Santa …
Actor Luke, 43, was pictured consoling his tearful former flame on a bench in Santa Monica on Sunday, following an emotional reunion which showed how close ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Tearful vegetarian girl, 5, goes viral after refusing to eat meat saying …
An adorable five-year-old has gone viral after bursting into tears when a plate of turkey was placed in front of her at the dinner table. Indie Rose, from Dublin, ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Tearful farewell to bus accident victims
People from all walks of life bid a tearful farewell to the schoolchildren. Five children were killed and seven injured after a tree that was uprooted by strong winds ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
4
Tearful Rosie Batty launches new campaign
A tearful Rosie Batty has marked the 13th birthday of her late son Luke with a new campaign that tells victims of domestic violence they are "Never Alone". «Yahoo7 News, Jun 15»
5
Military Wife's 'Brunch' Turns into Tearful Surprise
No matter how many times you've seen it before, there's nothing quite like the joyous sight of a military family being reunited, especially when it's a surprise. «Christian Broadcasting Network, Jun 15»
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Watch hilarious tearful tantrum after young girl finds out she's getting …
WATCH this young girl having a tearful tantrum as she has been told she will soon have ANOTHER brother. Share; Share; Tweet; +1; Pinterest ... «Scottish Daily Record, May 15»
7
Katie Hopkins praises courage of tearful mother of ADHD child who …
Katie Hopkins is rarely surprising, so well acquainted are we with her deliberately controversial remarks. Until, that is, she shows a side of herself we are seldom ... «The Independent, May 15»
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WATCH: Man Has Tearful Reunion with His Beloved Dog 'Tater …
When an EF-3 tornado ripped through Van, Texas, and flipped Andy and Brandi Bouchillon's truck, they assumed they'd never see their beloved dog, Tater, ... «People Magazine, May 15»
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There are no tearful goodbyes in heaven
It also, however, means tearful goodbyes when we leave. The last day of vacation for us is always the hardest. As we give our goodbye hugs, we can't help but ... «Victoria Advocate, Apr 15»
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Simon Hart: A tearful Clarke took Bristol Rovers out of the League …
Anybody seeking a picture to sum up the pain of relegation should search on YouTube for the post-match interview that a tearful Darrell Clarke gave after his ... «The Independent, Mar 15»

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