- teary
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adjective
(tearier; -est)
Date: 14th century
1.
a. wet or stained with tears ; tearful <teary eyes> b. consisting of tears or drops resembling tears 2. causing tears ; pathetic <a teary story>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
teary
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Teary — Tear y, a. 1. Wet with tears; tearful. [1913 Webster] 2. Consisting of tears, or drops like tears. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Teary — Teary, Radschahschaft, so v.w. Tehri … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
teary — (adj.) late 14c., from TEAR (Cf. tear) (n.1) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Related: Tearily; teariness … Etymology dictionary
teary — [tir′ē] adj. tearier, teariest 1. tearful; crying 2. of or like tears tearily adv. teariness n … English World dictionary
teary — adjective /ˈtɪəri/ a) Of a person, having eyes filled with tears; inclined to cry. No wonder Ryan was teary; He missed his parents. b) Of eyes, filled with tears. Wade looked through his girlfriends teary eyes. Syn: tear filled, wet … Wiktionary
teary — adj. Teary is used with these nouns: ↑eye … Collocations dictionary
teary — I tearful, teary (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. weeping, sorrowful. See dejection, lamentation. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Filled with or shedding tears: lachrymose, tearful, weeping, weepy. Idiom: in tears. See HAPPY … English dictionary for students
teary — tear•y [[t]ˈtɪər i[/t]] adj. tear•i•er, tear•i•est 1) tearful: a teary farewell[/ex] 2) of or like tears • Etymology: 1325–75 tear′i•ly, adv. tear′i•ness, n … From formal English to slang
teary — Ⅰ. tear [1] ► VERB (past tore; past part. torn) 1) rip a hole or split in. 2) (usu. tear up) pull or rip apart or to pieces. 3) damage (a muscle or ligament) by overstretching it. 4) (usu … English terms dictionary
teary — adjective with eyes full of tears • Syn: ↑teary eyed, ↑watery eyed • Similar to: ↑tearful … Useful english dictionary
