Tear-brimmed

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    With tears that brim but are not yet falling.

    "Her voice was husky with emotion and her eyes were tear-brimmed."

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"Her voice was husky with emotion and her eyes were tear-brimmed."

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