tearful
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fəl
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tearful (ˈtɪəfʊl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | about to cry |
| 2. | accompanying or indicative of weeping: a tearful expression |
| 3. | tending to produce tears; sad |
| 'tearfully | |
| —adv | |
| 'tearfulness | |
| —n | |
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tearful
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Example sentences
Having first denied any wrongdoing, she made a tearful public apology.
He then made a tearful confession before an audience of more than one hundred people that lasted two and a half hours.
The patient may cry or become tearful, but not be able to say why.
Warbling and tearful, she thanked the supporters who believed in her innocence all along and half-collapsed back into her chair.
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