Tears

Definition: Tears

Tears

Noun

1. 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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "tears" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Dream Interpretation

Medicine

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TEARS

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Tears

Dejection

Sad, pensive, penseroso, tristful; dolesome, doleful; woebegone; lacrymose, lachrymose, in tears, melancholic, hypped, hypochondriacal, bilious, jaundiced, atrabilious, saturnine, splenetic; lackadaisical.

Adverb: with a long face, with tears in one's eyes; sadly; Adjective:

Excitation

Adjective: excited; Verb: wrought up, up the qui vive, astir, sparkling; in a quiver; in a fever, in a ferment, in a blaze, in a state of excitement; in hysterics; black in the face, overwrought, tense, taught, on a razor's edge; hot, red-hot, flushed, feverish; all of a twitter, in a pucker; with quivering lips, with tears in one's eyes.

Falsehood

Lip homage, lip service; mouth honor; hollowness; mere show, mere outside; duplicity, double dealing, insincerity, hypocrisy, cant, humbug; jesuitism, jesuitry; pharisaism; Machiavelism, "organized hypocrisy"; crocodile tears, mealy-mouthedness, quackery; charlatanism, charlatanry; gammon; bun-kum, bumcombe, flam; bam, flimflam, cajolery, flattery; Judas kiss; perfidy; (bad faith); il volto sciolto i pensieri stretti.

Lamentation

Tear; weeping; Verb: flood of tears, fit of crying, lacrimation, lachrymation, melting mood, weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Phrase: tears standing in the eyes, tears starting from the eyes; eyes suffused, eyes swimming, eyes brimming, eyes overflowing with tears; "if you have tears prepare to shed them now"; interdum lacrymae pondera vocis habent; "strangled his language in his tears"; "tears such as angels weep".

In tears, with tears in one's eyes; with moistened eyes, with watery eyes; bathed in tears, dissolved in tears; "like Niobe all tears".

Cry, weep, sob, greet, blubber, pipe, snivel, bibber, whimper, pule; pipe one's eye; drop tears, shed tears, drop a tear, shed a tear; melt into tears, burst into tears; fondre en larmes; cry oneself blind, cry one's eyes out; yammer.

Necessity

Phrase: it cannot be helped; there is no help for, there is no helping it; it will be, it must be, it needs to be, it must be so, it will have its way; the die is cast; jacta est alea; che sara sara; "it is written"; one's days are numbered, one's fate is sealed; Fata obstant; diis aliter visum; actum me invito factus, non est meus actus; aujord'hui roi demain rien; quisque suos patimur manes;"The moving finger writes and having writ moves on. Nor all your piety and wit can bring it back to cancel half a line, nor all your tears wash out a word of it.".

Pain

Hurt the feelings, wound the feelings, grate upon the feelings, grate upon the nerves, jar upon the feelings; wring the heart, pierce the heart, lacerate the heart, break the heart, rend the heart; make the heart bleed; tear the heart strings, rend the heart strings; draw tears from the eyes.

Concerned, sorry; sorrowing, sorrowful; cut up, chagrined, horrified, horror-stricken; in grief, plunged in grief, a prey to grief; Noun: in tears; (lamenting); steeped to the lips in misery; heart-stricken, heart-broken, heart-scalded; broken-hearted; in despair.

Pity

Forbear, relent, relax, give quarter, wipe the tears, parcere subjectis, give a coup de gr_ce, put out of one's misery.

Relief

Be relieved; breathe more freely, draw a long breath; take comfort; dry the tears, dry the eyes, wipe the tears, wipe the eyes.

Crosswords: Tears

I haven't tears enough for what you've done to me. (Interview With the Vampire; writing credit: Anne Rice)

All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain (Blade Runner; writing credit: Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. Based on the novel 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' by Philip K. Dick.)

I have shed my tears for Brom and yet my heart is not broken (Sleepy Hollow; writing credit: Kevin Yagher)

As stories must when love's denied: with tears and a journey (Shakespeare in Love; writing credit: Marc Norman; Tom Stoppard)

All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain (Blade Runner; writing credit: Philip K. Dick; Hampton Fancher)

Please don't hide them just because of tears. (Trouble Me; performing artist: 10,000 Maniacs)

Shed tears with my baby sister (Dear Mama; performing artist: 2Pac)

You wipe away each other's tears (Invisible Man; performing artist: 98 Degrees; writing credit: Dane DeViller, Sean Hosein, and Steve Kipner)

Wipe those tears from your eyes (I Care 4 U; performing artist: Aaliyah)

You'll only cry those happy tears (I Swear; performing artist: All-4-One)

What soap is for the body; tears are for the soul. (references; author: unknown)

Tears will get you sympathy. Sweat will get you results. (references; author: unknown)

The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears. (references; author: unknown)

Friendship: A building contract you sign with laughter and break with tears. (references; author: unknown)

What boys say to girls: I wish I was one of your tears so I could be born in your eye, run down your cheek, and die on your lips. (references; author: unknown)

Tears of the Sun (2003)

End in Tears (1966)

Quackodile Tears (1962)

No Time for Tears (1957)

Tears in the Wind (1956)

World Full of Tears (performing artist: Heretix)

Tears On My Pillow (performing artist: Little Anthony & The Imperials)

Shizku Is Color of Tears (performing artist: Pugs)

Tears of A Clown (performing artist: Smokey Robinson and The Miracles)

I Count The Tears (performing artist: The Drifters)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• New Aeon Magick : Thelema Without Tears (reference)

• Tears of the Giraffe (reference)

• Barrel of Laughs, a Vale of Tears (reference)

• The Journal of Jesse Smoke : A Cherokee Boy, Trail of Tears, 1838 (My Name Is America) (reference)

• Only the Names Remain: The Cherokees and the Trail of Tears (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Tears for Fears: Tears Roll Down - the Hits (1982-1992) (reference)

• Too Late for Tears (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Tears from Heaven (reference)

• Electric Tears (reference)

• Tears [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Of course tears followed. Credit: Library of Congress.

I've shed tears over this affair -- now kindly give him your ears. Credit: Library of Congress.

Tears, idle tears. Credit: Library of Congress.

A cause for tears. Credit: Library of Congress.

The shoemaker the comedy drama : a play full of tears and laughter. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

It is such a secret place, the land of tears.

Emma turned away her head, divided between tears and smiles

She handed the tablets to Clara, who gazed at them with eyes so dim with tears that she did not at first notice that she was holding them upside down

He had been sobbing violently in his conflict with the Spirit, and his face was wet with tears.

But listen, there will be more joy in heaven over the tears of a repentant sinner, than over the white robes of a hundred good men.

Tears of joy and relief shone in his delighted eyes and his lips parted though they would not speak

I would these dewy tears were from the ground

And big tears cut channels in the dirt beside his nose

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Health

Tears keep the eye moist, help wounds heal, and protect against eye infection. (references)

The continuous production and drainage of tears is important to the eye's health. (references)

Surprisingly, some people with dry eye may have tears that run down their cheeks. (references)

Economic History

Chile

As a result of long term economic growth experienced by Chile for fifteen tears, their citizens have become more sophisticated and have eagerly adopted a number of designing trends that are popular in developed countries. (references)

Travel

Azerbaijan

Bring post-1990 U.S. bills in good condition, without writing or tears. (references)

Ukraine

We recommend bringing bills in good condition and without tears or writing on them. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Tears and groans of judgment

Expressions using "tears": a flood of tears ♦ artificial tears ♦ baby tears ♦ baby's tears ♦ bathed in tears ♦ be close to tears ♦ be moist with tears ♦ be reduced to tears ♦ break into tears ♦ burst into a passion of tears ♦ burst into tears ♦ crocodile tears ♦ dissolve in tears ♦ dissolve into tears ♦ dissolved in tears ♦ draw tears ♦ draw tears from smb. ♦ draw tears from the eyes ♦ drenched in tears ♦ drop tears ♦ drowned in tears ♦ dry tears ♦ dry the tears ♦ eyes overflowing with tears ♦ face bathed in tears ♦ false tears ♦ fetch tears ♦ fill with tears ♦ filled with tears ♦ flood of tears ♦ Glass tears ♦ in tears ♦ it tears easily ♦ Job's tears ♦ joys and tears ♦ melt into tears ♦ moist with tears ♦ move to tears ♦ nor all your tears wash out a word of it ♦ on the verge of tears ♦ refrain one's tears ♦ salt tears ♦ scalding tears ♦ shed a few tears ♦ shed crocodile tears ♦ shed tears ♦ shed tears of joy ♦ stream of tears ♦ tears of joy ♦ tears of sorrow ♦ Tears of St Lawrence ♦ tears of wine ♦ this vale of tears ♦ vale of tears ♦ wipe the tears ♦ with tears in one's eyes. Additional references.

Beginning with "tears": tears-and-outrage, tears-away, tears-of.

Ending with "tears": wind-tears.

Albanian

lotoj (shed tears, water, weep), lot krokodili (crocodile tears), ia plas të qarë (burst into tears), fshij lotët (dry tears). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قطرات الدمع, ‏دموع. (various references)

Bulgarian 

плач (boohoo, cry, crying, lament, lamentation, mourning, plaint, weep, weeping). (various references)

Chinese 

泪花 (tear), 淚水 (teardrop), 淚 (drown, submerge), 涕 (nasal mucus). (various references)

Czech

rozplakat se (begin to cry, burst into tears), ronit krokodýlí slz (shed crocodile tears), propuknout v pláè (burst out sobbing, dissolve into tears), mít blízko k slzám (be close to tears), krokodýlí slzy (crocodile tears), dát se do pláèe (burst into tears). (various references)

Danish

tårer. (various references)

Dutch

tranen (shed tears, weep), traanogen (shed tears, weep), neus-traankanaal (connecting the lacrimal sac to the inferior meatus of the nose, for the drainage of tears, nasolacrimal duct 2)a membranous tube within the bony nasolacrimal canal), huilen (bark, bay, cry, howl, shed tears, weep), ductus nasolacrimalis (connecting the lacrimal sac to the inferior meatus of the nose, for the drainage of tears, nasolacrimal duct 2)a membranous tube within the bony nasolacrimal canal). (various references)

Esperanto

larmi (shed tears, weep). (various references)

Faeroese

tára (shed tears, weep). (various references)

Finnish

vesissä silmin (with tears in one's eyes), pyyhkiä kyynelensä (dry one's tears), purskahtaa itkuun (burst into tears), murheenlaakso (vale of tears), kyyneltyä (fill with tears, water), kyynelsilmin (with eyes filled with tears), kyynelsilmä (fill with tears, water), kyyneleet valuivat vuolaana virtana (tears were flowing freely), itkusilmin (amid tears, with tearful eyes), itku kurkussa (on the verge of tears), ilonkyynelet (tears of joy), herkkäitkuinen (easily moved to tears), heltyä itkemään (be moved to tears), hellyttää itkemään (move to tears). (various references)

French

larmes. (various references)

German

Tränen (lachrymal, shed tears, teardrops, water, weep). (various references)

Greek 

κλάματα. (various references)

Hebrew 

להתדמע (be moist with tears), להוריד דמעה (shed tears, weep), לדמוע (shed tears, weep). (various references)

Hungarian

könnyektől barázdált arc (face lined with tears), könnyekre fakad (burst into tears, to break down, to dissolve in tears, to gush into tears), könnyekig megindít vkit (to move sy to tears), könnyekig meg van hatódva (to be moved to tears), könnyeket ont (shed tears, to dissolve in tears, to shed tears, to weep tears), könnyekben tör ki (to burst into tears, to gush into tears), könnyben úszott a szeme (tears brimmed her eyes), könnybelábadt a szeme (tears brimmed her eyes), könny szökött a szemébe (tears sprang to her eyes), e földi siralomvölgy (this vale of tears). (various references)

Indonesian

bercarik-carik (in strips, rags). (various references)

Italian

lacrime. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

流す (to, to drain, to float, to shed blood). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

こうるい (bitter tears, feminine tears, tears of blood), くやしなき (crying from vexation, tears of regret), ひとすじのなみだ (a trickle of tears), うそなき (crocodile tears), うれしなみだ (happy tears, tears of joy), うるんだめ (dim eyes, eyes moist with tears), ほろりとする (to be moved to tears, to be touched by, to become sentimental), かたじけなみだ (tears of gratitude), ちのなみだ (shedding bitter tears), かんるい (tears of gratitude), そらなみだ (crocodile tears), こいみず (tears of love), ありがたなみだ (tears of gratitude), あんるいにむせぶ (to shed silent tears), あんるい (silent tears), むせびなく (to be choked with tears, to sob), らくるい (shedding tears), けつるい (bitter tears, tears of blood), じゅずだま (Job's tears), かんきゅう (being moved to tears, government supply or issue, in case of emergency, slow pitch, vacuum tube), なみだせきあえず (unable to fight back tears), なきくらす (to spend one's days in tears and sorrow), なきまね (feigned or crocodile tears), なきつく (to appeal, to beg...in tears, to cling to...in tears, to throw oneself on someone's mercy), なきわかれ (come to grief, go separate ways, have to take a different tack, part in tears), なきだす (to be moved to tears, to begin to cry, to burst into tears, to burst out crying), なかす (bar, sandbank, sandbank in stream, sandbar, to grieve, to make someone cry, to move someone to tears), なかされる (to be moved to tears, to suffer greatly), なかせる (to grieve, to make someone cry, to move someone to tears), きゅうそ (cornered rat or mouse, imploring with tears in ones eyes), なみだぐむ (to be moved to tears), そらなき (false or crocodile tears, feigned sadness), なみだもろい (easily moved to tears), なみだをながす (to shed tears), なみだをのむ (to choke back one's tears, to pocket an insult), なみだをもよおす (to be moved to tears), しのびなく (to shed silent tears), そでのつゆ (tears falling onto the sleeve), ねつるい (hot tears), なきおとす (to persuade by tears, to use tears to get one's way), なける (to be moved to tears, to shed tears). (various references)

Korean 

눈물 (tear). (various references)

Manx

jeir vreagagh (crocodile tears), jeir 'oalsey (crocodile tears). (various references)

Pig Latin

earstay.(various references)

Portuguese

pranto (howl, mourning, weeping), lagrimas. (various references)

Romanian

plâns (cry, tear stained, weeping), picãturã de rouã (dew-drop), lacrimã (crying, Pearl, tear, tear drop). (various references)

Russian 

слеза радости (tears of joy), расплакаться (burst into tears, turn on the waterworks), проливать слезы (shed tears), поток слез (outburst of tears), поплакать (shed a few tears), плакать горькими слезами (cry bitter tears). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zasuziti (shed tears), proliti nekoliko suza (shed a few tears), briznuti u plač (burst into tears). (various references)

Spanish

rasga, lágrimas (entrails, waterworks), la/grimas (weeping), desgarra. (various references)

Swedish

fälla tårar (shed tears). (various references)

Thai

การร้องไห้. (various references)

Turkish

gözyaşı (dewy, lachrymal, tear, teardrop, waterworks). (various references)

Ukrainian

горе (affliction, calamity, distress, grame, grief, rue, smart, teen, woe). (various references)

a, biz, er. (various references)

fletibus, fletu, fletum, fletus, lacerat, lacrimae, laniat, scissurae, vellit. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "tears": tearstain, tearstained, tearstains. (additional references)

Words ending with "tears": retears, uptears, wheatears. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Tears" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: etar, etrs, taer, taero, tairs, teacs, teare, teares, teark, tearn, tearo, tearra, tearse, teart, teass, tejar, teor, terae, teras, terass, terays, ters, tersa, tersh, teur, tiraz, toars, toeard, toras, trear, treas, treass, tuar, Tueart, tzars. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: aster, rates, stare, tares.

-1 letter: ares, arse, arts, ates, ears, east, eats, eras, erst, etas, rase, rate, rats, rest, rets, sate, sear, seat, sera, seta, star, tare, tars, tear, teas, tsar.

-2 letters: are, ars, art, ate, ear, eat, era, ers, eta, ras, rat, res, ret, sae, sat, sea, ser, set, tae, tar, tas, tea.

-3 letters: ae, ar, as.

+1 letter: afters, airest, alerts, alters, antres, aretes, armets, arrest, artels, assert, astern, asters, averts, barest, baster, breast, carets, cartes, caster, caters, crates, daters, derats, earths, easter, eaters, ersatz, estral, estray, extras, faster, gaster, grates, greats, haters, hearts, laster, master, maters, matres, oaters, orates, paster, paters, prates, ramets, rarest, raster, ratels, raters, rawest, reacts, reatas, recast, repast, reseat, retags, salter, satire, seater, skater, slater, stager, staler, stared, starer, stares, starve, stater, stayer, stelar, sterna, strafe, strake, streak, stream, striae, tabers, takers, talers, tamers, tapers, targes, tarres, taster, taters, tawers, taxers, teaser, terais, terras, tetras, traces, trades, trapes, traves, treads, treats, urates, vaster, waster, waters, yarest.