in tears

Adjective

Meaning

in tears

Crying; weeping.
The whole audience was in tears at the end of the film.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

crying weeping tearful sobbing lachrymose teary lachrymal bawling sniveling whimpering blubbering

Examples

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Washington Irving

The rose is fairest when 't is budding new, And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears. The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew, And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears. Walter Scott

There is so much hurt in this game of searching for a mate, of testing, trying. And you realize suddenly that you forgot it was a game, and turn away in tears. Sylvia Plath

in my dreams you walk dripping from a sea journey on the highway across America in tears to the door of my cottage in the Western night. Allen Ginsberg

If we did not look to marriage as the principal source of happiness, fewer marriages would end in tears. Anthony Storr

Moscow does not believe in tears. Russian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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