tearful

The word “tearful” has 2 syllables: tear-ful

It's pronounced as /ˈtɪr.fəl/

What is synonym and antonym for tearful?

In the thesaurus, “tearful” has 77 synonyms and 37 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for tearful along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for tearful

affecting
bawling
bemoaning
bewailing
blubbering
brokenhearted
crying
dejected
demonstrative
deplorable
depressed
depressing
despondent
discomforting
discomposing
disconsolate
discouraging
disheartening
dismal
dispiriting
disquieting
distressful
distressing
disturbing
doleful
dolorous
downcast
downhearted
drear
dreary
effusive
emotional
funereal
gloomy
grieving
grievous
heartbreaking
heartbroken
heartrending
heartsick
heavyhearted
inconsolable
keening
lachrymose
lamentable
lugubrious
maudlin
mawkish
melancholy
miserable
misty
misty-eyed
moist
mournful
moving
pathetic
perturbing
plaintive
poignant
sad
saddening
sentimental
sniffling
sniveling
sobbing
sorrowful
sorry
teary
touching
unfortunate
wailing
weeping
weepy
whimpering
woebegone
woeful
wretched

Antonyms for tearful

agreeable
beaming
blithe
blithesome
cheerful
cheering
cheery
chuckling
delightful
enjoyable
exhilarating
gay
giggling
glad
grinning
happy
heartening
heartwarming
inspiring
jocose
jovial
laughing
lighthearted
lightsome
merry
mirthful
pleasant
pleasing
pleasurable
satisfying
smiling
stimulating
stirring
sunny
thrilling
uplifting
welcome

Meanings of tearful

adjective
1. Accompanied by tears; crying, or about to cry.
2. Sorrowful.

Example Sentences

She gave a tearful farewell before boarding the plane.
His voice was tearful as he recalled the memories.
The movie ended with a tearful reunion of the long-lost siblings.
He made a tearful apology for his past mistakes.
They shared a tearful embrace after the long separation.

On this page you'll find 114 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to tearful, such as: affecting, agreeable, bawling, beaming, bemoaning, bewailing, blithe.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

keening

aching
bawl
bawling
baying
beefing
bellyaching
bemoaning
bereavement
bewailing
bitching
blackness
bleating
blubber
blubbering
brokenhearted
carping
caterwauling
caviling
cavilling
complaining
crabbing
croaking
crying
darkness
dejected
demonstrative
deploring
depressed
despondent
dirge
disconsolate
doleful
dolorous
downcast
downhearted
effusive
elegy
emotional
fretting
funereal
fussing
gloomy
grief
grieving
griping
grizzling
grouching
grousing
growling
grumbling
grumping
heartbroken
heartsick
heavyhearted
hollering
howl
howling
inconsolable
inveighing
jeremiad
keen
kicking
kicking up a fuss
kicking up a stink
kvetching
lachrymose
lament
lamentation
lamenting
languishing
lugubrious
maudlin
maundering
mawkish
miserable
misty
misty-eyed
moan
moaning
moist
mournful
mourning
murmuring
muttering
nagging
pining
plaint
plaintive
protesting
quibbling
repining
requiem
sad
screaming
screeching
sentimental
shedding tears
shrieking
shrilling
sniffling
snivel
sniveling
snivelling
sob
sobbing
sorrow
sorrowful
sorrowing
squalling
squawking
squealing
stewing
tear
tearful
tears
teary
the blues
threnody
ululating
ululation
wail
wailing
weep
weeping
weepy
whimpering
whingeing
whinging
whining
woe
woebegone
woeful
worrying
wretched
yammering
yauping
yawping
yelling
yelping
yowl
yowling

lachrymose

bawling
bemoaning
bewailing
blubbering
brokenhearted
crying
dejected
demonstrative
depressed
despondent
disconsolate
doleful
dolorous
downcast
downhearted
effusive
emotional
funereal
gloomy
grieving
heartbroken
heartsick
heavyhearted
inconsolable
keening
lugubrious
maudlin
mawkish
miserable
misty
misty-eyed
moist
mournful
plaintive
sad
sentimental
sniffling
sniveling
sobbing
sorrowful
tearful
teary
wailing
weeping
weepy
whimpering
woebegone
woeful
wretched

sad

abhorrent
abominable
affecting
aggrieved
agonized
anguished
bad
beastly
bereaved
bitter
black
bleak
blue
brokenhearted
calamitous
cast down
cheerless
comfortless
contemptible
crestfallen
dark
darkening
dejected
deplorable
depressed
depressing
desolate
despairing
despicable
despondent
detestable
disappointed
disastrous
discomforting
discomposing
disconsolate
discouraged
discouraging
discreditable
disgraceful
disgusting
disheartened
disheartening
dishonorable
dismal
dispirited
dispiriting
disquieting
disreputable
distressed
distressful
distressing
disturbing
doleful
dolorous
down
down in dumps
down in the mouth
downcast
downhearted
drear
dreary
droopy
elegiac
elegiacal
forlorn
funereal
gloomy
glum
grave
gray
grey
grief-stricken
grieved
grieving
grievous
hangdog
hapless
hateful
heart-rending
heartbreaking
heartbroken
heartrending
heartsick
heartsore
heavy-hearted
heavyhearted
hopeless
hurting
ignominious
in doldrums
in grief
in the dumps
inadequate
inconsolable
infamous
inferior
joyless
lachrymose
lame
lamentable
languishing
lousy
low
low-grade
low-quality
low-spirited
lugubrious
melancholic
melancholy
meritless
misbegotten
miserable
morbid
morose
mournful
moving
murky
notorious
odious
oppressive
out of sorts
pathetic
pensive
perturbing
pessimistic
piteous
pitiable
pitiful
plaintive
poignant
poor
regretful
regrettable
rueful
saddened
saddening
saturnine
scandalous
second-class
serious
shabby
shameful
shocking
shoddy
sick at heart
somber
sombre
sordid
sorrowful
sorry
stinking
suicidal
sullen
sunk
tear-jerking
tearful
teary
touching
tragic
troubled
uneasy
unfortunate
unhappy
unquiet
unsatisfactory
unsavory
unworthy
upset
upsetting
wailing
weeping
wistful
woebegone
woeful
worried
worthless
wretched

saddened

afflicted
aggrieved
agitated
agonized
ailed
all torn up
anguished
antsy
anxious
bad
basket case
black
bleak
blue
bothered
brokenhearted
bugged
bummed out
bundle of nerves
burdened
cast down
chapfallen
cheerless
comfortless
concerned
crestfallen
cut up
dark
darkening
dashed
daunted
dejected
demoralized
depressed
depressing
desolate
despairing
despondent
destroyed
disappointed
discombobulated
discomforted
discomposed
disconsolate
discouraged
disheartened
dismal
dismayed
dispirited
disquieted
distracted
distrait
distraught
distressed
disturbed
doleful
dolorous
down
down and out
down in the dumps
down in the mouth
downbeat
downcast
downhearted
dragged
drear
dreary
droopy
elegiac
elegiacal
exercised
fidgety
forlorn
funereal
gloomy
glum
got down
gray
grey
grieved
grieving
grim
hangdog
harassed
harmed
heartbroken
heartsick
heartsore
heavy-hearted
heavyhearted
hopeless
hurt
hurting
hyper
in a blue funk
in a stew
in a tizzy
in blue funk
in pain
in the dumps
inconsolable
injured
jittery
joyless
jumpy
lachrymose
let-down
long-faced
low
low-spirited
lugubrious
melancholic
melancholy
miffed
mirthless
miserable
moody
moony
morbid
morose
mournful
murky
not happy
oppressed
pained
peeved
pensive
persecuted
perturbed
pitiful
plaintive
regretful
ripped
rueful
sad
saddening
saturnine
shaky
shook
shook-up
shot down
somber
sombre
sorrowful
sorry
spooked
strung-out
suicidal
sullen
sunk
tearful
teary
tormented
torn-up
tortured
trite
troubled
unconsolable
undid
uneasy
unglued
unhappy
unhinged
unnerved
unquiet
unsettled
up the wall
upset
uptight
wailing
weeping
weighed down
wet blanket
wired
wistful
woebegone
woeful
worried
wrecked
wretched
wronged

saddening

acheronian
acherontic
aching
achy
affecting
afflicting
afflictive
agitating
agonizing
ailing
arduous
awful
bad
beefing
bellyaching
biting
black
bleak
blue
bothering
burdening
burning
calamitous
cantankerous
caustic
cheerless
cold
comfortless
concerning
crabby
cranky
crushing
dark
dashing
daunting
dejected
dejecting
demoralizing
deplorable
depressant
depressed
depressing
depressive
desolate
despondent
destroyed
difficult
dire
disagreeable
disastrous
discomforting
discomposing
disconsolate
discouraging
disheartening
dismal
dismaying
dispirited
dispiriting
disquieting
distasteful
distressful
distressing
disturbing
doleful
dolorous
down
down and out
down in the dumps
down in the mouth
downbeat
downcast
downhearted
drab
dragged
dreadful
drear
dreary
droopy
dull
dusky
excruciating
exercising
extreme
extremely bad
funereal
getting down
gloomy
glum
grave
grief-stricken
grievous
grim
grousing
grumpy
hapless
hard
harrowing
have the blahs
heart-rending
heart-wrenching
heartbreaking
heartrending
heavy
heavy-hearted
hopeless
hurtful
hurting
in blue funk
inflamed
irritated
joyless
laborious
lachrymose
lamentable
lamenting
low
low-spirited
lugubrious
melancholic
melancholy
mirthless
miserable
moody
moony
mopey
morose
mournful
moving
nagging
oppressing
oppressive
out of sorts
pathetic
pensive
perturbing
piercing
piteous
pitiable
pitiful
poignant
raw
regrettable
rueful
sad
saddened
sensitive
serious
severe
shabby
sharp
smarting
somber
sore
sorrowful
sorry
stinging
tear-jerking
tearful
teary
tedious
tender
tenebrific
terrible
throbbing
tormenting
torn-up
torturing
touching
tragic
trite
troublesome
troubling
trying
uncomfortable
undoing
unfortunate
unhappy
unhinging
unnerving
unpleasant
unsatisfactory
unsettling
upsetting
vexatious
wailing
weighing down
wet blanket
wistful
woebegone
woeful
worrying
wretched