teary

Thân thiện

A child looks teary after dropping her ice cream.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • With eyes full of tears: Describes a state where someone's eyes are wet or overflowing with tears, often due to sadness, emotion, or physical irritation.

Usage

• The adjective teary is used to describe a person's appearance or emotional state, specifically focusing on the presence of tears in the eyes. It is typically used before a noun (attributively) or after a linking verb (predicatively).
• It often conveys a sense of being on the verge of crying or being emotionally moved.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • She gave a teary farewell to her friends at the airport.
  • The sad movie left him feeling teary.
  • I could see her teary eyes from across the room.

Advanced Usage

• "teary-eyed": This is a common compound adjective with a meaning identical to "teary." It is listed here as a variant.
  • The teary-eyed child looked for his mother.

Variants and Related Words

• Teary-eyed (adj): Having eyes filled with tears.
• Tearful (adj): Similar to "teary," but can imply a stronger tendency to cry or a longer duration of weeping.
• Watery (adj): Can describe eyes that are wet or glistening, not necessarily from emotion (e.g., from wind or illness).

Synonyms

• Misty-eyed: Having eyes that are slightly wet with tears.
• Weepy: Inclined to weep; tearful.

Antonyms

• Dry-eyed: Not crying; without tears.
• Cheerful: Happy and showing no signs of tears.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. with eyes full of tears

Từ đồng nghĩa

• teary-eyed
• watery-eyed