teary-eyed

1. 1.

   with eyes full of tears

   Synonymstearywatery-eyed

   Similartearful

Questions about teary-eyed

What does teary-eyed mean?

teary-eyed means "with eyes full of tears".

How many syllables are in teary-eyed?

teary-eyed has 3 syllables: tea-ry-e-yed. The stress falls on "tea".

What is another word for teary-eyed?

Close synonyms include teary, watery-eyed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is teary-eyed a common word?

teary-eyed is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.