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Princeton's WordNet2.3 / 3 votes

  1. crying, weeping, tearsnoun

    the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)

    "I hate to hear the crying of a child"; "she was in tears"

    Synonyms:
    crying, weeping

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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. tearsnoun

    Associated words:
    lachrymal, lachrymation, lachrymatory, lachrymals, lachrymiform, lachrymary

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "tears":

    tear, crying, sobs

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How to use tears in a sentence?

  1. Jeffrey Anshel:

    The eyes need to be closed for an extended period of time for your tear layers to regenerate and replenish. And loss of tears leads to redness.

  2. Andrew Smith:

    I'm a staunch Republican and it brought tears to my eyes a couple of times. I'm not ashamed to say it.

  3. Loni Steele Sosthand:

    The song says,' If you don't have a dream, how you gon na have a dream come true.' While watching them record, I just had tears in my eyes the whole time, realizing this is a dream come true for all of us.

  4. Henri-Frédéric Amiel:

    Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.

  5. Josh Roffeis:

    It was amazing. We were just stunned, and my wife was in tears, they lifted a lot of weight off my wife's shoulders by doing what they did.


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