tears

/ tɪəz /

plural noun

1. the clear salty solution secreted by the lacrimal glands that lubricates and cleanses the surface of the eyeball and inner surface of the eyelids

2. a state of intense frustration (esp in the phrase bored to tears )

3. weeping

4. presented so as to be easily assimilated

   reading without tears

Idioms and Phrases

see bore to death (tears); burst into (tears); crocodile tears. Also see under tear.

Example Sentences

In a later scene, her voice breaks, and she wells up in tears, when she recalls how Sir David stepped in to help her business out.

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These viral moments demonstrate that Americans can and should “snicker in the face of official wrong,” choosing laughter over tears as a response to authoritarianism.

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“They’re going to run them down with helicopters and genocide them, just like they ran down us,” she said through tears.

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"The actor delivers an intoxicating mix of blood, sweat, tears, protein and total helplessness," wrote The Hollywood Reporter.

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The Rams will shed no tears if Jackson remains sidelined.

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Related Words

• break 
• crack 
• damage 
• divide 
• grab 
• injure 
• mangle 
• pull 
• rive 
• rupture 
• separate 
• sever 
• shred 
• slash 
• snatch 
• split 
• wrench 
• yank