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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

filled with tears or shedding tears;

e.g. They were teary-eyed as they said goodbye to her at the airport.

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Similar Words

Depressing

Dismal

Dreary

Heartbreaking

Heartrending

Lachrymose

Melancholy

Mournful

Pathetic

Sad

Sorry

Tearful

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Opposite Words

Agreeable

Blithe

Cheerful

Cheery

Delightful

Exhilarating

Gay

Happy

Heartwarming

Inspiring

Jocose

Jovial

Lighthearted

Merry

Pleasant

Pleasing

Pleasurable

Satisfying

Stimulating

Stirring

Sunny

Thrilling

Welcome

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Related Words

Affecting

Brokenhearted

Crying

Dejected

Demonstrative

Deplorable

Depressed

Despondent

Disconsolate

Distressful

Disturbing

Doleful

Dolorous

Downcast

Downhearted

Effusive

Emotional

Funereal

Gloomy

Grievous

Heartbroken

Heartsick

Inconsolable

Lamentable

Lugubrious

Maudlin

Mawkish

Miserable

Misty

Moist

Mournful

Moving

Perturbing

Plaintive

Poignant

Sad

Sentimental

Sorrowful

Touching

Unfortunate

Weeping

Woebegone

Woeful

Wretched

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