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tearless

American  
[teer-lis] / ˈtɪər lɪs /

adjective

  1. not weeping or shedding tears.

  2. unable to shed tears.


Other Word Forms

  • tearlessly adverb
  • tearlessness noun

Etymology

Origin of tearless

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

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2022

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

From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2019

“Death of the self in a long, tearless night, / All natural shapes blazing unnatural light.”

From The New Yorker • Mar. 20, 2019

The tearless groom weeps now, as his relationship founders.

From Slate • Jan. 7, 2016

Helene took it better than most of our class fellows, stoic and tearless while the rest of us whimpered.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir