tearful
adjective
full of tears; weeping.
tearfulness
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a word derived from
tearful.
Example Sentences
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"I experienced tearfulness right away and I think that was trying to process it as I'd wanted a water birth, so it was very different to what I'd envisioned."
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
In fact, everything makes me cry right now; I have just resigned myself to a good few weeks of tearfulness.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 26, 2016
In a role originally proposed to Angelina Jolie, Johansson grows from grad-student tearfulness to appropriate a good deal of Jolie’s glowering majesty, and to show all appropriate stages along the way.
From Time ● Jul. 25, 2014
“Her voice whispers breathily, swells right up to the verge of tearfulness and then gracefully backs away, ever sympathetic and ever poised.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2014
I no longer feel the sinking in my gut, the held-back tearfulness that such a false accusation would once have produced.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
