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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. Shaheen Holloway:

    When you are home, it’s too important. It’s a difference. It’s a big difference, like you put more time, more effort, more sweat, more tears. This is everything to get an opportunity to coach at my alma mater. I’m not going to mess up this opportunity.

  2. Salman Aziz:

    We live kind of society where people scold you for wearing crop clothes. But for their own pleasure and entertainment this society tears your clothes apart to see your naked body. Even the society forces you to strip down your clothes for their hidden satisfaction. But in front of all they just say you are so nasty.

  3. Jerald Podair:

    When he cries very movingly on camera, and he's crying over white children, he is now the father-in-chief, they are his children. He is clearly shedding tears over white children who he considers his children as well. It's a major moment.

  4. Yujin Ko:

    [There were] a lot of tears...Her face was really bruised and she looked like a different person.

  5. Heinrich Heine:

    Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one’s nose.


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