From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tearful \Tear"ful\, adjective Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as, tearful eyes. -- {Tear"ful*ly}, adverb -- {Tear"ful*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: filled with or marked by tears; "tearful eyes"; "tearful entreaties" [ant: {tearless}]
2: showing sorrow [syn: {dolorous}, {dolourous}, {lachrymose}, {weeping}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "tearful": aggrieved, anguished, blubbering, careworn, crying, dissolved in tears, doleful, dolorous, dumb with grief, grief-stricken, griefful, grieved, grievous, in grief, in tears, lachrymal, lachrymose, lacrimatory, lamentable, lugubrious, mournful, plaintive, plangent, plunged in grief, ready to cry, rueful, sniveling, sobbing, sorrowed, sorrowful, sorrowing, teary, weeping, weepy, whimpering, with eyes suffused, woeful
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