Synonyms of tearful
100 similar words · 4 opposite words
Another word for tearful is sobbing. Other synonyms of tearful are moist, weepy, teary, lachrymose and crysome. The opposite of tearful is untearful.
Synonyms and similar words for tearful
adjectiveAccompanied by tears; crying, or about to cry.
- crysomeCharacterised by crying or weeping; tearful; lamentful.
- lachrymoseTearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.
- weepyInclined to weep; tearful or lachrymose.
- crying
- in tearsCrying; weeping.
- sobbingThat or who sobs.
- weepingAction of the verb to weep.
- sobful archaicFull of sobs; tearful, weeping.
adjectiveSorrowful.
- despondentIn low spirits from loss of hope or courage.
- mournful
- atrabiliary
- atrabilious
- blitheless
- dispiritedWithout energy, gusto or drive, enervated, without the will to accomplish, disheartened.
- blue
- bummed outDepressed, disappointed, in a gloomy mood.
- chapfallenCrestfallen, dejected.
- cheerlessDevoid of cheer; gloomy.
- chopfallenSynonym of chapfallen.
- crestfallen
- cut up Australia, UK
- damp figuratively
- dejectedSad and dispirited.
- depressed
- disgruntledIn a dissatisfied, frustrated, or upset mood; in a bad temper or ill humour.
- disconsolate
- disheartenedDiscouraged, despairing.
- dismal
- dolefulFilled with grief, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness.
- dolesomeCharacterised or marked by sorrow and grief; doleful; dismal; gloomy.
- down
- down in the dumpsSad; lacking engagement or enthusiasm.
- down in the mouthSad or discouraged, especially as indicated by one's facial appearance.
- downcast
- downheartedSad, discouraged, in low spirits, unhappy, having no hope.
- downsomeLow-spirited; melancholy.
- dull
- elegiac
- elegiousMelancholy, miserable, plaintive.
- forlorn
- gloomy
- glumDespondent; moody; sullen.
- grief-strickenVery sad.
- grievingFeeling or showing sorrow or distress due to loss, especially the death of someone.
- heavy-heartedSad, melancholic.
- heartsoreHeartsick.
- heartsickVery despondent or sorrowful; heartsore.
- inconsolableNot consolable; unable to be consoled or comforted, usually due to grief, disappointment, or other distress.
- infelicitous
- jawfallen
- joylessWithout joy; unhappy, sad.
- low
- low-spiritedDisheartened, feeling low, in low spirits.
- lugubriousGloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree.
- melancholic
- melancholy
- miserable
- moody
- mopeyGiven to moping; in a depressed condition, low in spirits; lackadaisical.
- moroseSullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.
- plaintiveSounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.
- Plutonian
- Plutonic
- querulousOften complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining.
- ruthful
- sad
- saddened
- saturnine
- shattered
- solemn
- sombre
- sorrowful
- sorrow-riddenFilled with sorrow or sorrows.
- sorrowsomeMarked by sorrow; sad; dreary; sorrowful.
- spiritlessLacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion. Enervated.
- sullen
- threnetic
- threneticalThrenetic.
- uncheerfulNot cheerful.
- uncheeryNot cheery; gloomy, pessimistic.
- unconsolableSynonym of inconsolable.
- unhappy
- unlivelyNot lively.
- wistful
- woebegone
- woeful
- wretched
- lamentful rareReplete with lamentation; mournful.
- lumpish obsolete
- passionate obsolete
- triste rareSad; sorrowful; gloomy.
- tristful archaicSad, melancholic.
- woe obsoleteWoeful; sorrowful.
adjectiveMore synonyms
- moistOf eyes: wet with tears; tearful; also (obsolete), watery due to some illness or to old age.
- tearyOf a person, having eyes filled with tears; inclined to cry.
- wateryTearful.
- cryey rareInclined to cry; tearful.
- lachrymate literary, rareStained or filled with tears.
- larmoyant rareTeary, tearful.
- maudlin obsoleteTearful, lachrymose.
Opposite of tearful
adjectiveMore antonyms
- dry-eyed
- tearlessWithout tears.
- unlachrymose
- untearfulNot tearful.
Meaning of tearful
- adjective Accompanied by tears; crying, or about to cry.
- adjective Sorrowful.
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Questions about synonyms of tearful
- What is another word for tearful?
- Tearful has 100 synonyms on Word.ws, such as sobbing, moist, weepy, teary, lachrymose, crysome, heavy-hearted and low-spirited.
- What is the opposite of tearful?
- The opposite of tearful is untearful.
- What does tearful mean?
- Tearful means accompanied by tears; crying, or about to cry.
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