tearsome
adj/ˈtɪɚ.səm/
Etymology From tear + -some.
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Marked by tears or weeping
- [...] and they were seen on the holy mountains going with sad and tearsome faces: [...]2009, Chiara Matraini, Selected Poetry and Prose:
- And then he threw open the bedroom door and she commenced to laugh, but even then, it was a weepy, gasping, tearsome kind of laughter that was purely an overflowing of joy.2011, Dixie Browning, The Baby Notion:
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- [...] jane told her parents / a massive tearsome sitdown [...]2014, D Edward Ennis, Steve T Harding, The Weekly Exchange Volume Three: