Definition of Tearstained

1. Adjective. Stained with tears. ¹

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Definition of Tearstained

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tearstained

tearless
tearlessly
tearlessness
tearlike
tearoom
tearooms
tearpit
tearpits
tearproof
tears
tears away
tears of wine
tearsheets
tearstain
tearstained (current term)
tearstains
tearstrip
tearstrips
tearthumb
tearthumbs
teary
teary-eyed
teas
teasable
tease
tease apart
tease out
teased
teasel

Literary usage of Tearstained

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Three Plays for Puritans by Bernard Shaw (1906)
"Come, little cousin! never mind me: it was not meant to hurt you. (She looks up gratefully at him. Her tearstained face affects him violently, and he bursts ..."

2. Three Plays for Puritans by Bernard Shaw (1906)
"Her tearstained face affects him violently, and he bursts out, in a transport of wrath) Who has been making her cry? Who has been ill-treating her? ..."

3. Three Plays for Puritans by Bernard Shaw (1906)
"Her tearstained face affects him violently, and he bursts out, in a transport of wrath) Who has been making her cry? Who has been ill-treating her? ..."

4. Three Plays for Puritans by Bernard Shaw (1906)
"Her tearstained face affects him violently, and he bursts out, in a transport of wrath) Who has been making her cry? Who has been ill-treating her? ..."

5. Three Plays for Puritans by Bernard Shaw (1906)
"Her tearstained face affects him violently, and he bursts out, in a transport of wrath) Who has been making her cry? Who has been ill-treating her? ..."

6. Three Plays for Puritans by Bernard Shaw (1901)
"Her tearstained face affects him violently, and he bursts out, in a transport of wrath[ Who has been making her cry? Who has been ill-treating her? ..."

7. Three Plays for Puritans by Bernard Shaw (1900)
"Come, little cousin! never mind me: it was not meant to hurt you. [She looks up gratefully at him. Her tearstained face affects him violently, ..."

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