tearful
adjective
1 Georgina was tearful:
in tears, crying, weeping, sobbing, wailing, snivelling, whimpering;
close to tears, on the verge of tears, with tears in one's eyes;
emotional, upset, distressed, sad, unhappy;
Scottish greeting;
informal weepy, teary, blubbering, blubbing;
rare lachrymose, larmoyant.
▷antonyms happy, smiling, laughing.