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# tearful

adjective (more tearful, most tearful)

«tearful» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Tearful means crying, or close to tears, with wet eyes or a shaky voice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tearful/#m1)

### In the lessons

a sad character who weeps or speaks in a broken voice; in tales a loving heart is often tearful

### Examples

- He spoke in a tearful voice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tearful/#x1)
- The little girl was tearful after she lost her doll. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tearful/#x2)
- Her tearful eyes looked out over the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tearful/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tearful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tearful/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tearful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tearful.html) on Mova free.