Definition of "tearfulness" [tearfulness]

• The quality of being tearful. (noun)

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• "It was surely this meld of slapstick and tearfulness that prompted the grand master of the genre, Charlie Chaplin, to embrace Wisdom as his "favourite clown"."
• "She had several symptoms of major depression—sadness, tearfulness, loss of appetite, decreased concentration, and waking up at four each morning."
• "They covered external behaviours such as hyperactivity, tantrums and aggression, and internal ones, including unhappiness, tearfulness and worry."