| Main Entry: | tearful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crying, very upset |
Synonyms: |
bawling, blubbering, blubbery, distressed, dolorous, in tears, lachrymose, lamentable, lamenting, moist, mournful, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, poignant, sad, sniveling, sobbing, sorrowful, teary, watery, weeping, weepy, wet, whimpering, woeful |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, happy |
| Main Entry: | maudlin |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | teary, overemotional |
Synonyms: |
bathetic, befuddled, confused, cornball, drippy, gushing, insipid, lachrymose, mawkish, mushy, romantic, schmaltzy, sentimental, slush, soap, soapy, soppy, syrupy, tear-jerking, tearful, weak, weepy |
Antonyms: |
calm, matter-of-fact, unimaginative |
| Main Entry: | pitiful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in bad shape; poor |
Synonyms: |
abject, affecting, afflicted, arousing, base, beggarly, cheap, cheerless, comfortless, commiserative, compassionate, contemptible, deplorable, despicable, dismal, distressed, distressing, grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending, inadequate, insignificant, joyless, lamentable, low, mean, miserable, mournful, moving, paltry, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, sad, scurvy, shabby, sorrowful, sorry, stirring, suffering, tearful, touching, vile, woeful, worthless, wretched |
| Notes: | piteous is generally not used when speaking of people, pitiable means 'able to be pitied,' and pitiful most often means 'insignificant; below contempt' |
Antonyms: |
excellent, happy, superb, superior, wonderful, worthwhile |
| Main Entry: | sad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfortunate, distressing |
Synonyms: |
bad, calamitous, dark, dejecting, deplorable, depressing, disastrous, discomposing, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, dispiriting, dreary, funereal, grave, grievous, hapless, heart-rending, joyless, lachrymose, lamentable, lugubrious, melancholic, miserable, moving, oppressive, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, poignant, regrettable, saddening, serious, shabby, sorry, tear-jerking, tearful, tragic, unhappy, unsatisfactory, upsetting, wretched |
Antonyms: |
fortunate, great, happy, lucky |
| Main Entry: | sentimental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | emotional, romantic |
Synonyms: |
affected, affectionate, corny*, demonstrative, dewy-eyed, dreamy, effusive, gushing, gushy, idealistic, impressionable, inane, insipid, jejune, languishing, lovey-dovey, loving, maudlin, moonstruck, mushy, nostalgic, overacted, overemotional, passionate, pathetic, rosewater, saccharine*, sappy*, schmaltzy, silly, simpering, sloppy*, slushy, soapy, soft, softhearted, sugary, sweet, syrupy, tear-jerking, tearful, tender, touching, vapid, visionary, weepy |
Antonyms: |
hard-hearted, indifferent, pragmatic, unemotional, unromantic, unsentimental |
| Main Entry: | sorrowful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very upset; grieving |
Synonyms: |
affecting, afflicted, dejected, depressed, disconsolate, distressing, doleful, dolent, full of sorrow, grievous, heartbroken, heartrending, heavy-hearted, hurting, in mourning, in pain, in sorrow, lamentable, lugubrious, melancholy, miserable, mournful, painful, piteous, plaintive, rueful, ruthful, sad, sick at heart, singing the blues, sorry, tear-jerking, tearful, unhappy, woebegone, woeful, wretched |
Antonyms: |
delighted, happy, joyful |
| Main Entry: | crying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | weeping |
Synonyms: |
mourning, sobbing, sorrowing, tearful |
| Main Entry: | weeping |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crying |
Synonyms: |
blubbering, howling, sobbing, tearful, teary, teary-eyed, wailing, weepy |
| Main Entry: | weepy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crying |
Synonyms: |
blubbering, howling, lachrymose, sobbing, tearful, teary, teary-eyed, wailing, weeping |
| Main Entry: | lachrymose |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crying |
Synonyms: |
sad, tearful, teary, weeping, weepy |