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tearlike

tearlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a tear (drop of liquid from the eye).

Adjective

tearlike (comparative more tearlike, superlative most tearlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a tear (drop of liquid from the eye).

Forms of tearlike

comparativemore tearlike
superlativemost tearlike

Origin of tearlike

From tear + -like.

Questions about tearlike

What does tearlike mean?
Tearlike means resembling or characteristic of a tear (drop of liquid from the eye).
What part of speech is tearlike?
Tearlike is an adjective.

Words near tearlike in the dictionary

  1. tearless
  2. tearlessly
  3. tearlessness
  4. tearlet
  5. tearlets
  6. tearlike
  7. tearline
  8. tearlines
  9. tearme
  10. tearmes
  11. tearoff

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