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View synonyms for teary-eyed

teary-eyed

[ teer-ee-ahyd ]

adjective

  1. with tears welling up in one's eyes:

    teary-eyed mourners.



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“It would be a shame not to at least try,” says a teary-eyed Tagg.

Teary-eyed, she hugged and kissed everybody, thanking them for helping her get back the land she loved.

“To see the animals and owners react when they see each other makes me teary-eyed,” she says.

He Gets Teary-Eyed Talking about his first Olympic win, Lochte starts crying.

I never intended to hurt anyone,” Bush said, teary-eyed, “Or give encouragement to anti-Semitism.

Elsewhere in the house his teary-eyed sisters went softly and silently about their daily work.

Mark strangled over a kernel of corn and stared, teary-eyed, at Billy.

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