Sweet and Tearful

Sweet

Sweet adjective - Granted special treatment or attention.

Tearful and sweet are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tearful" instead an adjective "Sweet".

Tearful

Tearful adjective - Given to expressing strong emotion (as sorrow) by readily shedding tears.

Sweet and tearful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Sweet" instead an adjective "Tearful".

Nearby Words: tear, tearing, teary, tearless, tearfully

Both words in one sentence

  • Never Speak Ill of the Dead When told that Caleb died and left him a small fortune, Shemp immediately starts a tearful speech on how sweet and charitable he was.
  • Web Animation / Turnabout Storm Gilda's tearful confession about badly she screwed up when she let her sense of pride cause her to try and frame Rainbow Dash for some sweet taste of revenge that never happened is contrasted by her outright threats to Phoenix for getting her to show her emotions like that.
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