tear-stained
Showing traces of crying
Tear-stained describes something marked or streaked by tears: her tear-stained face, a tear-stained letter.
The word suggests visible evidence of crying—wetness, smudged ink, or the tracks tears leave on skin.
It often appears in emotional or dramatic contexts.
Shedding tears audibly
- mourningPeriod following loss
- bereavedDeprived by death
- sobbingConvulsive crying aloud
- funeralService honoring the dead
loss · heartbroken · widowed · eulogy · condolence · memorial · keening · lament
Facial side surfaces
- pillowBedding for heads
- faceHead's anterior surface
- letterWritten symbol or message
- handkerchiefPocket cloth for sniffles
tissue · mascara · eyes · blotchy · swollen · reddened · smudged · diary
Sensational, emotionally overwrought drama
- tragicCausing great sorrow
- pathosPity-evoking quality
- sentimentalExcessively emotional about memories
- romanticConducive to love
Victorian · heroine · novel · poetry · ballad · elegy · Dickensian · lovelorn
Address to deity
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- supplicationHumble plea for help
altar · shrine · penance · penitent · hymn · lamentation · psalm · vigil
weeping
Shedding tears audibly
funeral · loss · heartbroken · widowed · eulogy · condolence · memorial · keening · lament · sorrow
cheeks
Facial side surfaces
handkerchief · tissue · mascara · eyes · blotchy · swollen · reddened · smudged · diary · photograph
melodrama
Sensational, emotionally overwrought drama
- tragicCausing great sorrow
- pathosPity-evoking quality
- sentimentalExcessively emotional about memories
romantic · Victorian · heroine · novel · poetry · ballad · elegy · Dickensian · lovelorn · forsaken
prayer
Address to deity
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
supplication · altar · shrine · penance · penitent · hymn · lamentation · psalm · vigil · kneeling