tear (2)EnglishOxford American Thesaurustear2 (rhymes with ‘fear’) noun tears ran down her cheeks: teardrop. □ in tearshe was so hurt by her attitude he was nearly in tears: crying, weeping, sobbing, wailing, howling, bawling, whimpering; tearful, upset; Scottish greeting; informal weepy, teary, blubbing, blubbering.word linkstearlachrymal relating to tearslachrymose inducing tears
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