tear-brimmed

adjective

With tears that brim but are not yet falling.

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Meanings

adjectivetear-brimmed (comparative more tear-brimmed, superlative most tear-brimmed)

comparative more tear-brimmed · superlative most tear-brimmed · alternative tearbrimmed

  1. With tears that brim but are not yet falling.

    Her voice was husky with emotion and her eyes were tear-brimmed.

    2014, Margaret Sunley, Sons of Toil
    2 more examples

    The baby's tear-brimmed eyes scrutinising me as through heavy lenses.

    2016, Mark Quinn, Finding Dan

    Caitlin could only nod and swallow to this through tear-brimmed eyes.

    2016, Marjorie Day, The Belle of Collingwood
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APA

tear-brimmed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tear-brimmed

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“tear-brimmed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tear-brimmed. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tear-brimmed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tear-brimmed.

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