The songs built slowly with anger, ache, tearfulness and fury, with sustained notes and cascading melismas.
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Tearfulness
Synonyms for "tearfulness" (15 found)
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Noun(3 words)
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I confess to tearfulness when Charles, now in a plain linen shirt, knelt before the altar
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