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say it: TER-ing
tearing is a noun and adjective meaning "shedding tears". It is pronounced /ˈtɛɹɪŋ/ — TER-ing. It carries 2 recorded senses.
shedding tears
marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid
“fierce loyalty”
“in a tearing rage”
“vehement dislike”
“violent passions”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for tearing come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.