Meanings
nountearfulness (usually uncountable, plural tearfulnesses)
plural tearfulnesses
- uncountableusuallyThe quality of being tearful.
I confess to tearfulness when Charles, now in a plain linen shirt, knelt before the altar
6 May 2023, Rachel Cooke, “It was ludicrous but also magnificent: the coronation stirred every emotion”, in The Guardian1 more example
The songs built slowly with anger, ache, tearfulness and fury, with sustained notes and cascading melismas.
2008 March 29, Jon Pareles, “Hip-Hop Assurance, R&B Suffering”, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Latvian raudulīgums, raudulība
- raudulīgumsquality of being tearful
- raudulībaquality of being tearful
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tearfulness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tearfulness
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tearfulness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tearfulness.
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