tearfulness

English

Etymology

tearful +‎ -ness

Noun

tearfulness (usually uncountable, plural tearfulnesses)

  1. The quality of being tearful.
    • 2008 March 29, Jon Pareles, “Hip-Hop Assurance, R&B Suffering”, in New York Times‎:
      The songs built slowly with anger, ache, tearfulness and fury, with sustained notes and cascading melismas.
    • 6 May 2023, Rachel Cooke, “It was ludicrous but also magnificent: the coronation stirred every emotion”, in The Guardian‎:
      I confess to tearfulness when Charles, now in a plain linen shirt, knelt before the altar

Translations
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.