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tear⋅ful

  [teer-fuhl]
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–adjective
1. full of tears; weeping.
2. causing tears: the tearful story of his poverty.
Origin:
1580–90; tear 1 + -ful

Related forms:
tear⋅ful⋅ly, adverb
tear⋅ful⋅ness, noun
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tear·ful   (tîr'fəl)   
adj.  

  1. Filled with or accompanied by tears: tearful eyes; a tearful farewell.

  2. So piteous as to excite tears: a tearful melodrama.

tear'ful·ly adv., tear'ful·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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