TEARY
What does "TEARY" mean?
Filled with or shedding tears; on the verge of crying.
Meanings
- Having eyes wet with tears or tending to cry easily. She got teary at the wedding before the vows even began.
- Marked by or causing emotional sadness, as a teary goodbye. The film's teary ending left half the theater sniffling.
Word origin
From Old English 'tēar' (a tear, drop of fluid from the eye), of Germanic origin, plus the adjective suffix '-y'; cognate with Old High German 'zahar' and Greek 'dakru'.
Remember it
TEARY is TEAR + Y: the Y is the trickle running down, so the word itself looks like a crying eye spelling out why.
A little poem
Onion on the board-
I cry for nothing, and learn
the body's grief comes free.
haiku
Wordplay
- I told my friend the story was a real tearjerker. He stayed dry-eyed and said he'd already torn through it.
What it teaches
Tears blur the eyes but clear the chest; sometimes you must lose the view to feel less.
Quick facts
What does TEARY mean?
Filled with or shedding tears; on the verge of crying.
Is TEARY a valid word?
Yes — TEARY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TEARY?
TEARY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does TEARY come from?
From Old English 'tēar' (a tear, drop of fluid from the eye), of Germanic origin, plus the adjective suffix '-y'; cognate with Old High German 'zahar' and Greek 'dakru'.
What can TEARY teach us?
Tears blur the eyes but clear the chest; sometimes you must lose the view to feel less.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.