Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Filled or wet with tears.
- adjective Of or resembling tears.
- adjective Causing weeping.
- adjective Inclined to weep.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Full of tears; wet with tears; tearful.
- Falling in drops like tears.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Wet with tears; tearful.
- adjective Consisting of tears, or drops like tears.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of a person, having eyes filled with tears; inclined to
cry . - adjective Of
eyes , filled withtears .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective with eyes full of tears
Etymologies
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Examples
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"We have to come through moments like that, these make or break moments in tournaments," defender Gary Neville said after emerging from what he described as a teary dressing room.
USATODAY.com - England loses Beckham, Rooney and penalty shootout as Portugal advances 2006
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She should just be glad no one ever called the teary-eyed lip-biter the first woman president.
Sandy Frank: Bill Clinton Fights for His Place in History 2008
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KING: He is in heaven, the president told one parent during what aides described as a teary-eyed very emotional 30 minutes with the Marine families.
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She should also stress the point that even though she is an ordinary person (as demonstrated in the "teary" ad), she also has vast and specific experience that makes her qualified to lead, not because of who she is, but because of what she has done.
Some Hillary Advisers Worry About Staying In Past New Hampshire; Others Urge Her To Fight On 2009
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Things are kind of teary and giddy around here today.
Oh yes. Book Nerd 2008
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Things are kind of teary and giddy around here today.
Archive 2008-11-05 Book Nerd 2008
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It made me get teary which is really not good for my butch street-cred.
Linda turns psychic and I muse about her as caregiver and lover. Elizabeth McClung 2007
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As I thought about what to say, I saw that her tear-filled eyes weren't quite as "teary" as they had been.
The Trouble with Witches Damsgaard, Shirley 2006
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You can see the kids there kind of teary eyed as a result.
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And then when he came out, he was still kind of teary when I was talking to him.
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