Usually means: Crying, emotional expression of sadness.
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  1. in tears: Merriam-Webster
  2. in tears: Collins English Dictionary
  3. in tears: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. in tears: Wiktionary
  5. in tears: Dictionary.com

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  1. in tears: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (in tears)

▸ adjective:  Crying; weeping.

Similar:
showerful, grief-stricken, knee-trembling, heartrending, heart-breaking, heart-shattering, woebegone, rainful, heartwrenching, emotionful, more...

Opposite:
smiling, happy, joyful, elated, content

Types:
crying, weeping, sobbing, bawling, wailing, more...

Phrases:
ended in tears, ending in tears, ends in tears, end in tears, in floods of tears, more...

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Similar:
showerful, grief-stricken, knee-trembling, heartrending, heart-breaking, heart-shattering, woebegone, rainful, heartwrenching, emotionful, more...

Opposite:
smiling, happy, joyful, elated, content

Types:
crying, weeping, sobbing, bawling, wailing, more...

Phrases:
ended in tears, ending in tears, ends in tears, end in tears, in floods of tears, itll end in tears, It'll End in Tears, Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, Drown in My Own Tears, break down in tears, more...



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