tearless

[teer-lis]

adjective

1. not weeping or shedding tears. tear.

2. unable to shed tears. tear.

Other Word Forms

• tearlessly adverb
• tearlessness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of tearless¹

First recorded in 1585–95; tear ¹ + -less

Example Sentences

I was feeling fairly tough and moderately tearless until sorting night.

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One or two news photos would show her with swollen eyes, but tearless.

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During the six-hour flight back to London I sat bolt upright, tearless and unable to eat, drink or even visit the loo.

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We see mothers in fierce, tearless overdrive, like figures from Shakespearean tragedy.

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Often when I held him, he cried, a thin, desperate, tearless wail.

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