tearful — OET

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.

2 a tearful farewell:

emotional, upsetting, distressing, sad, heartbreaking, heart-rending, sorrowful;

poignant, moving, touching, tear-jerking, affecting, pathetic;

literary dolorous.

▷antonyms cheerful.

tearful Oxford Dictionary of English