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Tearfulness

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The quality of being tearful.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

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Examples

“The songs built slowly with anger, ache, tearfulness and fury, with sustained notes and cascading melismas.”
“I confess to tearfulness when Charles, now in a plain linen shirt, knelt before the altar”

CEFR level

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

Teargas Tearier Teariest Tearily Teariness Tearing

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