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tearier

tearier is the comparative form of teary.

Meaning of teary

Adjective

teary (comparative tearier, superlative teariest)

  1. Of a person, having eyes filled with tears; inclined to cry.
    • No wonder Ryan was teary; he missed his parents.
    Antonyms:
    dry-eyed
  2. Of eyes, filled with tears.
    • Wade looked into his girlfriend's teary eyes.
    Synonyms:
    moist, tear-filled, wet
    Antonyms:
    dry

Questions about tearier

What is tearier the comparative form of?
Tearier is the comparative form of teary.

Words near tearier in the dictionary

  1. teargas
  2. teargases
  3. teargassed
  4. teargasses
  5. teargassing
  6. tearier
  7. teariest
  8. tearily
  9. tearin'
  10. teariness
  11. tearing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tearier (page history and authors); teary (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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