Tearful
Tearful adjective - Causing unhappiness.
Usage example: the tearful end to what had once been a close friendship
Unfortunate and tearful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unfortunate" instead an adjective "Tearful".
Unfortunate
Unfortunate adjective - Bringing about ruin or misfortune.
Tearful and unfortunate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Tearful" instead an adjective "Unfortunate".
Nearby Word: unfortunately
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- pitiful and tearful
- pitiful and unfortunate
- melancholy and tearful
- melancholy and unfortunate
- dismal and tearful
- dismal and unfortunate
- woeful and tearful
- woeful and unfortunate
- grievous and tearful
- grievous and unfortunate
- sad and tearful
- sad and unfortunate
- unhappy and tearful
- unhappy and unfortunate
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Unfortunate and Tearful. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 09, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/tearful/unfortunate
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