Definitions for tearful

tearful tear·ful

Spelling: [teer-fuh l]
IPA: /ˈtɪər fəl/

Tearful is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 212 anagrams from letters in tearful (aeflrtu).

Definitions for tearful

adjective

  1. full of tears; weeping.
  2. causing tears:

Origin of tearful

First recorded in 1580-90; tear1 + -ful

Examples for tearful

Fell on the anguish and hope in the tearful eyes of the mourners.

Standing on the pier was a crowd of tearful fans, dressed in their best flapper frocks.

The girl raised her chin and the old defiance was in her tearful gaze.

“We lost five members of the family and about 20 kids became orphans,” he said, in a tearful phone interview.

A few days after his arrest, she paid him a tearful visit at the West Side prison on Fifty fourth Street.

Lady O'Moy, white and tearful, was discovered on the threshold.

Again, a young wife with a tearful voice: "A charm to make me bear children!"

Attacked on Twitter and by outraged columnists for promoting sexism, Taylor issued a tearful public apology.

Dozens of tearful family members huddled at the Surabaya and Singapore airports, anxiously awaiting news of loved ones.

I looked at him with dim, tearful eyes, and assured him that soon he shall be free.

Word Value for tearful
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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