tearing up
Getting misty-eyed
Tearing up has two distinct meanings depending on pronunciation.
With a long "e" sound, it means becoming teary-eyed, eyes filling with moisture from emotion: She started tearing up during the wedding vows.
With a short "e" sound, it means ripping apart or destroying: He's tearing up the contract.
In sports slang, to tear it up means to perform exceptionally well.
Shedding tears audibly
- sobbingConvulsive crying aloud
- watery eyesExcess moisture in vision
- misty-eyedEyes moist with emotion
- red-eyedHaving irritated, pinkish eyes
blubbering · sniveling · bawling · welling up · getting choked up · moisture · blurry vision · tissues
Tearing with force
- shreddingCutting into thin pieces
- destroyingCausing complete ruin
- discardingRemoving what's unwanted
- crumplingCrushing into folds
demolishing · obliterating · mutilating · mangling · rending · pulling apart · tatters · fragments
Supplying with moisture
- stingingCausing sharp pain
- burningCombustion in progress
- allergiesAdverse immune responses
- smokeAirborne combustion byproduct
onions · dust · pollen · wind · dryness · eye strain · contact lenses · bright light
Succeeding impressively, colloquially
- killing itSucceeding spectacularly
- dominatingExercising supreme control
- excellingPerforming exceptionally well
- outperformingDoing better than others
slaying · nailing it · owning · on fire · unstoppable · phenomenal · wrecking
weeping
Shedding tears audibly
- sobbingConvulsive crying aloud
- watery eyesExcess moisture in vision
- misty-eyedEyes moist with emotion
red-eyed · blubbering · sniveling · bawling · welling up · getting choked up · moisture · blurry vision · tissues · touched
ripping
Tearing with force
- shreddingCutting into thin pieces
- destroyingCausing complete ruin
- discardingRemoving what's unwanted
crumpling · demolishing · obliterating · mutilating · mangling · rending · pulling apart · tatters · fragments · scraps
watering
Supplying with moisture
smoke · onions · dust · pollen · wind · dryness · eye strain · contact lenses · bright light · yawning
crushing it
Succeeding impressively, colloquially
- killing itSucceeding spectacularly
- dominatingExercising supreme control
- excellingPerforming exceptionally well
outperforming · slaying · nailing it · owning · on fire · unstoppable · phenomenal · wrecking
- body responsesfight, flight, shivering, freeze, goosebumps
- cryingcry, crying, sob, sobbing, sobs
- stress reactionspanic, fear, fright, terror, horror
- reactionsreaction, response, gasp, wince, flinch
- meltdownsnuclear meltdown, reactor meltdown, meltdown, freak out, losing it
- tear systemlacrimal apparatus, lacrimation, nasolacrimal duct, punctum, puncta
tearing updry-eyed
Not shedding tears
stoic · composed · unmoved · stone-faced · emotionless
tearing uppiecing together
Assembling from fragments
mending · repairing · patching up · reassembling · preserving
tearing upsobbing
Convulsive crying aloud
bawling · wailing · blubbering · breaking down · weeping
tear, torn, tears, tearful, tearing, teary, teared, tearfully, tearfulness