teary

adj
/ˈtɪəɹi/UK/ˈtɪɹi//ˈtɪɚi/US

Etymology

From Middle English tery; equivalent to tear + -y.

  1. inherited from tery

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. Of eyes, filled with tears.

    • Wade looked into his girlfriend's teary eyes.

The neighborhood

Derived

teary-eyed

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