tearsome

English

Etymology

From tear +‎ -some.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪɚ.səm/

Adjective

tearsome (comparative more tearsome, superlative most tearsome)

1. Marked by tears or weeping
   • 2009, Chiara Matraini, Selected Poetry and Prose:

     [...] and they were seen on the holy mountains going with sad and tearsome faces: [...]

   • 2011, Dixie Browning, The Baby Notion:

     And then he threw open the bedroom door and she commenced to laugh, but even then, it was a weepy, gasping, tearsome kind of laughter that was purely an overflowing of joy.

   • 2014, D Edward Ennis, Steve T Harding, The Weekly Exchange Volume Three:

     [...] jane told her parents / a massive tearsome sitdown [...]

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