tearful

«tearful» in Mova's school dictionary: crying, or close to tears, with wet eyes or a shaky voice — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (more tearful, most tearful)

meaning for a pupil

Tearful means crying, or close to tears, with wet eyes or a shaky voice. tree →

sense in the lessons

a sad character who weeps or speaks in a broken voice; in tales a loving heart is often tearful

examples

• He spoke in a tearful voice. tree →
• The little girl was tearful after she lost her doll. tree →
• Her tearful eyes looked out over the sea. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tearful» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.