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teary

/ˈtɪɹi//ˈtɪəɹi/

teary adjective: of a person, having eyes filled with tears; inclined to cry.

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

teary meaning in Urdu and Bengali

teary in Urdu

teary
اشک آمیز ašk āmeyz

teary in Bengali

কোনো ব্যক্তির ক্ষেত্রে, কাঁদতে উদ্যত, চোখের ক্ষেত্রে, অশ্রু সজল

Synonyms of teary

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Antonyms

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Forms of teary

comparativetearier
superlativeteariest

Origin of teary

From Middle English tery; equivalent to tear + -y.

Words formed from teary

Words that rhyme with teary

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Questions about teary

What does teary mean?
Teary means of a person, having eyes filled with tears; inclined to cry.
What is teary in Urdu?
Teary in Urdu is اشک آمیز (ašk āmeyz). See Teary meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is teary?
Teary is an adjective.
How do you pronounce teary?
Teary is pronounced /ˈtɪəɹi/ (UK).

Words near teary in the dictionary

  1. tearstrips
  2. teart
  3. tearthumb
  4. tearthumbs
  5. teartness
  6. teary
  7. teary-eyed
  8. teas
  9. teasable
  10. teasably
  11. Teasdale

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Adapted from Wiktionary: teary (page history and authors); اشک آمیز (Urdu) (page history and authors); teary (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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