teary
adj/ˈtɪəɹi/UK/ˈtɪɹi//ˈtɪɚi/US
Etymology
From Middle English tery; equivalent to tear + -y.
- inherited from tery
Definitions
Of a person, having eyes filled with tears
Of a person, having eyes filled with tears; inclined to cry.
- No wonder Ryan was teary; he missed his parents.
Of eyes, filled with tears.
- Wade looked into his girlfriend's teary eyes.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for teary. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA