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Meaning of tear-brimmed | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

With tears that brim but are not yet falling.

Examples

“Her voice was husky with emotion and her eyes were tear-brimmed.”
“The baby's tear-brimmed eyes scrutinising me as through heavy lenses.”
“Caitlin could only nod and swallow to this through tear-brimmed eyes.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

tear-jerking tear-mouth tear-off tear-throat tearable tearbrimmed

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