tearsome

/ˈtɪɚ.səm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

"[...] and they were seen on the holy mountains going with sad and tearsome faces: [...]"
"And then he threw open the bedroom door and she commenced to laugh, but even then, it was a weepy, gasping, tearsome kind of laughter that was purely an overflowing of joy."
"[...] jane told her parents / a massive tearsome sitdown [...]"

From tear + -some.

more tearsome (comparative) most tearsome (superlative)

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How do you pronounce tearsome?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɪɚ.səm/.

What does tearsome mean?

Marked by tears or weeping

Where does tearsome come from?

From tear + -some.

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