Hyphenation of tearful

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word tearful? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

tear-ful

Definitions of tearful:

1.	Filled with or marked by tears Tearful eyes Tearful entreaties
2.	Showing sorrow

Synonyms of tearful:

adj	tearful, liquid, swimming, watery, teary, teary-eyed, watery-eyed, sniffly, snuffling, snuffly, weepy, misty-eyed
adj	dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, weeping, sorrowful

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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