He devoted a whole poem to the blueness of his victim's eyes, which the two policemen read out loud to one another through hysterical, tearful laughter.
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Tearful
/ˈtɪɹfʊl/
Synonyms for "tearful" (74 found)
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Noun(4 words)
Adjective(3 words)
grief strickengrief-strickengrieffulgrievedgrievousin griefin tearslachrymallachrymoselacrimatorylamentablelugubriousmaudlinmiserable
Verb(1 words)
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2 entriesemotional statefeeling
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3 entriesCollocations
5 entriestearful expressiontearful eyestearful goodbyetearful momenttearful scene
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2 entriesmore tearfulmost tearful
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11 entriesSample sentences
13 total sentences available.
On the inquest it was shown that Buck Fanshaw, in the delirium of a wasting typhoid fever, had taken arsenic, shot himself through the body, cut his throat, and jumped out of a four-story window and broken his neck—and after due deliberation, the jury, sad and tearful, but with intelligence unblinded by its sorrow, brought in a verdict of death "by the visitation of God." What could the world do without juries?
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A great fire was lighted in the courtyard in which she was to be burnt, and the King stood above at the window and looked on with tearful eyes, because he still loved her so much.
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"Touched by his tearful plea, / we asked his race, what tidings, good or ill, / he brings, for hope, perchance, may cheer a captive still."
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