[
UK
/tˈiəfəl/
]
[ US /ˈtɪɹfəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈtɪɹfəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- showing sorrow
-
filled with or marked by tears
tearful entreaties
tearful eyes
How To Use tearful In A Sentence
- He peered down into her tearful face with a twisted smile, reaching up to brush some of her wildly cascading hair from her cheek. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
- I lose sleep, I have a bad temper and I am tearful, tired and upset.
- There were many tearful farewells. Titanic - Destination disaster
- While sitting in a coffee shop, we overheard a woman tearfully tell her husband that she was sorry that her work had been so consuming.
- What if I have to spend tomorrow, yet again, in that weird state of tearful, jet-lagged exhaustion that lack of sleep creates?
- She was then reunited with her tearful mum at 6pm on Wednesday. The Sun
- Next thing you know, she's on "The Today Show" calling the blackmailer's bluff by tearfully going public with the pictures. CNN Transcript Jul 14, 2007
- Forgetfulness and Famine and tearful Sorrows, Fightings also, Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica
- I was most conscience-stricken by my anguished looking mother's tearful eyes; an unproud image now permanently carved into my subconscious.
- The Radio 1 DJ bade a tearful farewell on her last day as host of the breakfast show.